1st Edition
Cultural Conflict and Adaptation The Case of Hmong Children in American Society
Cultural Conflict and Adaptation (1990) examines the alienation and cultural conflicts faced at school by the children of a small group of Hmong who have settled in La Playa, California. The educational process for these children is an example of cultural conflict and adjustment patterns which may be found in many other populations in the world.
1. Culture Conflict and the American Dream 2. Ethnohistory of the Hmong People 3. The Hmong at La Playa 4. Becoming American Through Schooling 5. Seven ‘Learning Disabled’ Indochinese: Institutional Approach to Children Facing Culture Conflict 6. Culture and Minority Achievement: Implications for Research and Institutional Practice
Biography
Henry T. Trueba, Lila Jacobs and Elizabeth Kirton
