1st Edition
The Hmong Refugees Experience in the United States Crossing the River
By Ines M. Miyares
Copyright 1999
152 Pages
by
Routledge
152 Pages
by
Routledge
Cross the river, take off your shoes, Flee from your country, take off your status.-Hmong Proverb This book examines the experience of the Hmong people whose lives and culture were completely transformed by the covert war in Laos and the subsequent refugee resettlement in the United States. Historically semi-nomadic farmers living in small villages in the mountains of Laos, northern Vietnam, and... Read more
Preface, I Introduction II A Conceptual Framework for Refugee Enclave Formation III The Evolution of National Settlement Patterns IV A Cultural Framework for Ethnic Enclave Formation V Ethnic Enclaves as Adaptational Settlements VI Conclusions
Biography
Ines M. Miyares
