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| Genre/Form: | Case studies |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Hopkins, MaryCarol. Braving a new world. Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1996 (OCoLC)605601904 Online version: Hopkins, MaryCarol. Braving a new world. Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1996 (OCoLC)609307447 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
MaryCarol Hopkins |
| ISBN: | 0897893921 9780897893923 |
| OCLC Number: | 34513951 |
| Description: | xiv, 169 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface -- Orthographic notes -- Note on place and ethnic names -- [ch.] 1. Introduction -- [ch.] 2. Material culture : meeting basic needs -- [ch.] 3. Patterns of kinship -- [ch.] 4. Patterns of social organization -- [ch.] 5. Ideology : traditional values in a new setting -- [ch.] 6. Agents of culture change : individuals and institutions -- [ch.] 7. Formal education : Cambodian children in american schools -- [ch.] 8. Braving a new world : maintaining tradition, transcending barriers. |
| Series Title: | Contemporary urban studies. |
| Responsibility: | MaryCarol Hopkins. |
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"The value of the book is two-fold; first, for those who have no expereince with Khmer communities, the book describes the daily lives of Khmer in one U.S. city....The book's second point of importance lies in the Chapter 6 discussion of American institutions and individuals as "agents of culture change.""-Crossroads ?The value of the book is two-fold; first, for those who have no expereince with Khmer communities, the book describes the daily lives of Khmer in one U.S. city....The book's second point of importance lies in the Chapter 6 discussion of American institutions and individuals as "agents of culture change."?-Crossroads ?Cambodian Americans are not ordinary immigrants. First caught up in Vietnam's war in Southeast Asia, then ravaged by the maniacal policies of Pol Pot and his young minions, who tried and nearly succeeded in eliminating the middle class from Cambodian society, those who finally made it to the US bear unique scars and have many special problems and needs. Although focused primarily on the experiences of Cambodian refugees in one American city, this book offers sharp insights into their plight, their difficulties in adapting to new environs, and, as the subtitle of the final chapter states, the struggles they have 'maintaining traditions [and] transcending barriers.'...Hopkins achieves her double goal of providing a descriptive ethnography of Cambodian refugees in 'Middle City' and a foundation for a long-term study of social change.?-Choice "Cambodian Americans are not ordinary immigrants. First caught up in Vietnam's war in Southeast Asia, then ravaged by the maniacal policies of Pol Pot and his young minions, who tried and nearly succeeded in eliminating the middle class from Cambodian society, those who finally made it to the US bear unique scars and have many special problems and needs. Although focused primarily on the experiences of Cambodian refugees in one American city, this book offers sharp insights into their plight, their difficulties in adapting to new environs, and, as the subtitle of the final chapter states, the struggles they have 'maintaining traditions [and] transcending barriers.'...Hopkins achieves her double goal of providing a descriptive ethnography of Cambodian refugees in 'Middle City' and a foundation for a long-term study of social change."-Choice Read more...
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- Cambodian Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- Case studies.
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- Cambodian Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
- Cambodian Americans -- Social conditions.
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- United States.
- Khmer (volk)
- Vluchtelingen.
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