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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Fungchatou T Lo |
| ISBN: | 1556053231 9781556053238 |
| OCLC Number: | 48171916 |
| Description: | 230 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Hmong lives : people of the mountain tops -- Foreign domination : life in the land -- Becoming refugees : life in the land of the free -- Becoming Americans : life in the promised land -- Becoming Milwaukee residents : socioeconomic adjustment of the Hmong in Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Compare and contrast : refugee experience in the U.S. -- Crossing boundaries : keep hopes and dreams alive -- Conclusion : recommendations for further reading. Appendixes -- Actual interview session of a Hmong family for permission to come to the United States -- Map of the United States that was given to their Hmong refugee by the Unhcr prior to their resettlement to the United States -- Estimated cost of a wedding in the Hmong Culture -- Citation of appreciation from the sixth district of Colorado to Hmong men who had served as soldiers during the street war in Laos -- Commendation and citation for Vietnam war service in Laos, 1996 -- Commendation and citation for Vietnam war service, in Laos 1998. |
| Series Title: | Rhodes-Fulbright international library. |
| Responsibility: | Fungchatou T. Lo. |
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