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I begin my life all over : the Hmong and the American immigrant experience /

I Begin My Life All Over records the story of thirty-six Hmong immigrants to California, tracing their journey from the subsistence farms of Laos, through their harrowing escape into the camps of Thailand, and to relocation to a new continent, and to a new century. Interspersed throughout these firs...

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Main Author: Faderman, Lillian.
Contributors: Xiong, Ghia.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, ©1998.
Subjects and Genres:
1900-1999
Hmong Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Hmong Americans > Ethnic identity.
Refugees > United States > History > 20th century.
Américains d'origine miao > Acculturation.
Américains d'origine miao > Identité ethnique.
Réfugiés > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Refugees.
Einwanderer
Miao
United States.
USA.
Miao.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1.
  • End of a way of life
  • Village
  • Escape
  • Camp
  • pt. 2.
  • Becoming American
  • To a promised land
  • Shamanism, Christianity, and modern medicine
  • Women and men
  • Battles between the generations
  • Gangs
  • Being American.

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