| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xii, 244 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Ch'ien-Lung's Revenge -- Origins -- Blond Hair and Blue Eyes -- Language -- Legends -- Savina's Interpretation -- Caveats -- Hmong Origins: Another Look -- Hmong in China -- Archeological Evidence -- Legendary Accounts -- Historical Accounts: Shang to Han -- Hmong and Haw -- Settling in Indochina -- Early Crossings -- Laos -- Vietnam -- Relations with Other Tribal Minorities -- Hmong Society -- The Hmong Village -- Farming -- Opium Cultivation -- Not Always Migrants -- Hunting -- Livestock -- The Spirit World -- The First Shaman -- The Shaman's Calling -- Journey Into the Spirit World -- Rites of Passage -- New Year Festival -- The Hmong and the French / Uneasy Allies -- Tax Problems -- Black Flags -- The Deceit of Bliayao Lo -- Pa Chay -- Touby -- Rift Between the Lo and Ly -- Supporting the Maquis -- Reoccupation -- Settling Old Scores -- Touby and Opium -- The Fall of Tonkin -- The Gcma -- The Terrestrial Dragon -- Arms and Munitions -- Chinese Reinforcements -- The Death of Chao Quang Lo -- The Invasion of Laos -- Vang Pao -- From Courier to Gendarme -- Officer Material -- The 14th Infantry -- First Command -- Captain Vang Pao -- Kong-Le -- A Hmong War -- Commander of the 2nd Military Region -- A Taste of the Modern Life -- The Fall of Pha Thi -- Master of the Plain of Jars -- Beginning of the end -- Hin Heup -- Resisters, Refugees, and Immigrants -- Resistance -- Hmong in Thailand -- Hmong in the U.S. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Hmong (Asian people) -- History.
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