The Vietnamese American 1.5 generation : stories of war, revolution, flight, and new beginnings /
Riveting stories by refugees who fled Vietnam.
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, PA :
Temple University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Asian American history and culture.
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Vietnamese Names; Part I: Historical Overview; Chapter 1. Vietnam before the Mid-nineteenth Century; Chapter 2. French Colonial Rule and Vietnamese Resistance; Chapter 3. Communism and Nationalism; Chapter 4. The 1945 August Revolution; Chapter 5. The First Indochina War; Chapter 6. The American Involvement in Vietnam; Chapter 7. The Fall of Saigon and Its Aftermath; Chapter 8. The Plight of the Ethnic Chinese in Vietnam; Chapter 9. An International Refugee Crisis; Chapter 10. Ending the Indochinese Refugee Exodus.
- Part II: Stories of War, Revolution, Flight, and New BeginningsChapter 11. A Tragedy: From Vietnam to America; Chapter 12. A Journey Called Freedom; Chapter 13. My Autobiography; Chapter 14. How It Feels to Be an Asian American; Chapter 15. Integrity through Change; Chapter 16. A Place to Call Home; Chapter 17. The Coming of Age of a Chinese-Vietnamese American; Chapter 18. My Father and I; Chapter 19. The Pain in My Heart; Chapter 20. The Never-Ending Struggle.