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The Vietnamese
Title
The Vietnamese / Michelle E. Houle, book editor.
ISBN
0737727691
9780737727692
Published
Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, c2006.
Physical Description
191 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Summary
This book presents both historical perspectives and firsthand insights into the Vietnamese immigrant experience in the last decades of the twentieth century.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 17, 2013
Series
Coming to America
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
ch. 1. Leaving Vietnam
1. Why the Vietnamese came to America / Ronald Takaki
2. Airlifted out of Saigon / Vu Tran
3. A hazardous boat escape / Tran Thi My Ngoc
ch. 2. The first waves of immigrants adapt to their new home
1. Life in U.S. refugee camps / Gail Paradise Kelly
2. The dispersion policies / Hien Duc Do
3. Sponsorship helps the Vietnamese settle in America / Tricia Springstubb
4. The second wave / Michael P. Smith, Bernadette Tarallo
5. Native hostility toward the Vietnamese / Robert Lindsey
ch. 3. Later waves up to the present day
1. Little Saigon / Stanley Karnow
2. Changing roles in the family / Paul James Rutledge
3. The Vietnamese find a niche doing nails / Janet Dang
4. A young Vietnamese American explores his roots in Vietnam / Alys Willman
5. Vietnamese gangs in the United States / Patrick Du Phuoc Long, with Laura Ricard
6. An elderly Vietnamese American adjusts to life in America / Ba Tam, with James M. Freeman
7. Vietnamese Americans today face many challenges / Max Niedzwiecki, Doua Thor
ch. 4. Accomplished Vietnamese Americans
1. Le Ly Hayslip : author / John Lee
2. Tony Bui : film director / Tony Bui, interviewed by Rob Blackwelder
3. Dat Nguyen : professional athlete / Adam Piore
4. Kieu Chinh : actress / Emmanuelle Leal
5. Viet Dinh : White House attorney / Eric Lichtblau
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