The Vietnamese American 1.5 generation [[electronic resource] ] : stories of war, revolution, flight, and new beginnings / / edited by Sucheng Chan ; with contributions by students at the University of California

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450871103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1-281-09374-2; 9786611093747; 1-59213-502-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Collana: Asian American history and culture
• Altri autori (Persone): ChanSucheng
• Disciplina: 973/.04959200922; B
• Soggetti: Vietnamese Americans; Refugees - United States; Refugees - Vietnam; Electronic books.; Vietnam History 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-304) and index.; Includes videography: p. [305]-307.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Chapter 21. An Unfinished Journey; Chapter 22. From Vietnam to Germany to the United States; Chapter 23. Vietnam Memories in America; Chapter 24. My Transition to Being an Asian AmericanChapter 25. At That Time in My Life; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Selected Videography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The conflict that Americans call the ""Vietnam War"" was only one of many incursions into Vietnam by foreign powers. However, it has had a profound effect on the Vietnamese people who left their homeland in the years following the fall of Saigon in 1975. Collected here are fifteen first-person narratives written by refugees who left Vietnam as children and later enrolled as students at the University of California, where they studied with the well-known scholar and teacher Sucheng Chan. She has provided a comprehensive introduction to their autobiographical accounts, which succinctly encompass