Hmong in the Modern World
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Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Hmong Americans |
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Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Hmong Americans |
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Author | : Thomas S. Vang |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1435709322 |
This is the first completely up-to-date Hmong history book ever written by a member of the Hmong people. It describes the earliest civilizations of the Hmong and Miao in China, and why some of the Hmong migrated into Southeast Asia in the early 19th century, particularly to Vietnam, Laos and Thailand; and how the Hmong of Laos were involved with the Lao civil war, especially the secret war from 1962 to 1975 that caused almost a hundred thousand Hmong to flee to Thailand and Western countries as political refugees after the Communists takeover. This book includes the forcible repatriation of the Lao-Hmong asylum seekers at Nam Khao refugee camp in Thailand back to Laos in late 2009 and the arrest and discharge of former General Vang Pao by the U.S. authorities. "[It] is full of fascinating materials [and] a wonderful book. Congratulations," commented by Dr Nicholas C. T. Tapp, Senior Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University.
Author | : Christopher Thao Vang |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 2016-05-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1476622620 |
Almost no one in the West had heard of the Hmong before National Geographic ran a cover story on the Southeast Asian ethnic group that had allied with the United States in the Vietnam War, and few knew of them before their arrival in the U.S. and other Western nations in 1975. Originating in China centuries ago, they have been known by various names--Miao, Meo, Miaozi, Meng or San Miao--some of them derogatory. The Hmong in the West are war-displaced refugees from China and Laos, though they have been misidentified as belonging to other ethnic groups. This mislabeling has caused confusion about the Hmong and their history. This book details the history of the Hmong and their journey from Eastern to Western countries, providing a clear understanding of an immigrant culture little understood by the American public. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author | : Paul Hillmer |
Publisher | : Minnesota Historical Society |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 2011-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0873517903 |
A rich narrative history of the worldwide community of Hmong people, exploring their cultural practices, war and refugee camp experiences, and struggles and triumphs as citizens of new countries.
Author | : Pao Lor |
Publisher | : Wisconsin Historical Society |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2021-03-23 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0870209590 |
As a five-year-old boy, Pao Lor joined thousands of Hmong who fled for their lives through the jungles of Laos in the aftermath of war. After a difficult and perilous journey that neither of his parents survived, he reached the safety of Thailand, but the young refugee boy’s challenges were only just beginning. Born in a small farming village, Pao was destined to be a Hmong clan leader, wedding negotiator, or shaman. But the course of his life changed dramatically in the 1970s, when the Hmong faced persecution for their role in helping US forces fighting communism in the region. After more than two years in Thai refugee camps, Pao and his surviving family members boarded the belly of an “iron eagle” bound for the United States, where he pictured a new life of comfort and happiness. Instead, Pao found himself navigating a frightening and unfamiliar world, adjusting to a string of new schools and living situations while struggling to fulfill the hopes his parents had once held for his future. Now in Modern Jungles, Pao Lor shares his inspiring coming-of-age tale about perseverance, grit, and hope. Included are discussion questions for use by book clubs, in classrooms, or around the dinner table.
Author | : Lillian Faderman |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1999-04-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780807072356 |
I Begin My Life All Over is an oral history of 36 real-life strangers in a strange land, an intimate study of the immigrant experience in contemporary America.
Author | : D. C. Everest School District |
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Total Pages | : 511 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Depressions |
ISBN | : 9780970806345 |
Author | : Ya Po Cha |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786459883 |
Presenting a holistic perspective of the Hmong way of life, this book touches on every aspect of the Hmong culture, including an overview of their history and traditions, relationships between Hmong parents and their children, the rites and traditions of Hmong wedding and funeral ceremonies, the celebration of the Hmong New Year, home restrictions and other superstitious taboos, arts and politics. The book features and explains many Hmong words, phrases and proverbs. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author | : Anne Fadiman |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2012-04-24 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0374533407 |
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this brilliantly reported and beautifully crafted book explores the clash between a medical center in California and a Laotian refugee family over their care of a child.
Author | : Tâm T. T. Ngô |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2016-08-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0295806656 |
In the mid-1980s, a radio program with a compelling spiritual message was accidentally received by listeners in Vietnam’s remote northern highlands. The Protestant evangelical communication had been created in the Hmong language by the Far East Broadcasting Company specifically for war refugees in Laos. The Vietnamese Hmong related the content to their traditional expectation of salvation by a Hmong messiah-king who would lead them out of subjugation, and they appropriated the evangelical message for themselves. Today, the New Way (Kev Cai Tshiab) has some three hundred thousand followers in Vietnam. Tam T. T. Ngo reveals the complex politics of religion and ethnic relations in contemporary Vietnam and illuminates the dynamic interplay between local and global forces, socialist and postsocialist state building, cold war and post–cold war antagonisms, Hmong transnationalism, and U.S.-led evangelical expansionism.