Title Hmong means free : life in Laos and America / edited and with an introduction by Sucheng Chan.

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Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1994.

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Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	959.4 H677H	Check Shelf

Description	xxv, 267 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Series	Asian American history and culture series
	Asian American history and culture.
Contents	Introduction. The Hmong experience in Asia and the United States. Ch. 1. The Xiong family of Goleta. ch. 2. The Xiong family of Lompoc. ch. 3. The Fang family of San Diego. ch. 4. The Tcha family of Fresno. ch. 5. The Moua family of Sanger.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264).
Summary	Describes five Hmong families, in their own words, who lived as farmers in Laos, became refugees after a Communist government came into power in 1975, and immigrated to the United States, and the effects on their lives of leaving their homes and making a new identities.
Chronological Term	Geschichte 1961-1975
	1900 - 1999
Subject	Hmong Americans -- California -- Biography.
	Immigrants -- California -- Biography.
	Hmong (Asian people) -- Laos -- Biography.
	Hmong (Asian people) -- Laos -- History -- 20th century.
	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Hmong.
	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Laos.
	Hmong (Asian people) -- History -- 20th century.
	Hmong Americans. (OCoLC)fst00958463
	Hmong Americans -- California -- Cultural assimilation.
	Hmong (Asian people) (OCoLC)fst00958436
	Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
	Hmong (volk)
	Migranten.
	Vietnam-oorlog.
	Erlebnisbericht.
	Vietnamkrieg.
	Flüchtling.
	California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
	Laos -- History -- 20th century.
	Laos. (OCoLC)fst01210322
	Miao.
	United States.
	Laos.
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Chan, Sucheng.
ISBN	1566391628 (alkaline paper)
	9781566391627 (alkaline paper)
	1566391636 (paperback)
	9781566391634 (paperback)

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