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Genre/Form: | Biography History Biographies |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Mote, Sue Murphy, 1938- Hmong and American. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2004 (OCoLC)607069105 |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Sue Murphy Mote |
ISBN: | 078641832X 9780786418329 |
OCLC Number: | 54487469 |
Description: | viii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Introduction : "Will they eat me?" -- pt. I. Journeys -- 1. Leaving : Chamy Thor -- 2. What makes the Hmong, Hmong -- 3. Keeper of the past : Mai Xiong -- 4. Feast and famine -- 5. Five thousand years, ten thousand miles : the Hmong -- pt. II. Hmong world : that was then -- 6. Old royalty : Ly Vong Lynaolu -- 7. An argument with the Stone Age : Chamy Thor -- pt. III. New world : America the difficult -- 8. A death : Ly Vong Lynaolu -- 9. Ties that bind : Hmongtown, U.S.A. -- 10. Kids astray : Sai Sue Lor -- pt. IV. Middle world : being Hmong in America -- 11. A change of mind : Lue Vang, Pang Foua Yang Rhodes -- 12. Choosing a path : Mai Xia Cha -- 13. A different path : the children of Long -- 14. Buried treasure : Mai Xiong -- 15. Peb Hmoob, We Hmong : Chamy Thor -- App. A. Hmong language and names -- App. B. Child-rearing study. |
Responsibility: | Sue Murphy Mote. |
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Abstract:
12 Hmong immigrants tell their stories of adapting to American life and culture while preserving the values of their own ancient cutlure. The author also considers the 5,000 years of Hmong history and it's lasting influence.
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