The Vietnamese by Houle, Michelle instant download

The Vietnamese by Houle, Michelle instant download

191 pages : 22 cm, This book presents both historical perspectives and firsthand insights into the Vietnamese immigrant experience in the last decades of the twentieth century, Includes bibliographical references and index, ch. 1. Leaving Vietnam -- 1. Why the Vietnamese came to America / Ronald Takaki -- 2. Airlifted out of Saigon / Vu Tran -- 3. A hazardous boat escape / Tran Thi My Ngoc -- ch. 2. The first waves of immigrants adapt to their new home -- 1. Life in U.S. refugee camps / Gail Paradise Kelly -- 2. The dispersion policies / Hien Duc Do -- 3. Sponsorship helps the Vietnamese settle in America / Tricia Springstubb -- 4. The second wave / Michael P. Smith, Bernadette Tarallo -- 5. Native hostility toward the Vietnamese / Robert Lindsey -- ch. 3. Later waves up to the present day -- 1. Little Saigon / Stanley Karnow -- 2. Changing roles in the family / Paul James Rutledge -- 3. The Vietnamese find a niche doing nails / Janet Dang -- 4. A young Vietnamese American explores his roots in Vietnam / Alys Willman -- 5. Vietnamese gangs in the United States / Patrick Du Phuoc Long, with Laura Ricard -- 6. An elderly Vietnamese American adjusts to life in America / Ba Tam, with James M. Freeman -- 7. Vietnamese Americans today face many challenges / Max Niedzwiecki, Doua Thor -- ch. 4. Accomplished Vietnamese Americans -- 1. Le Ly Hayslip : author / John Lee -- 2. Tony Bui : film director / Tony Bui, interviewed by Rob Blackwelder -- 3. Dat Nguyen : professional athlete / Adam Piore -- 4. Kieu Chinh : actress / Emmanuelle Leal -- 5. Viet Dinh : White House attorney / Eric Lichtblau -- Chronology