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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784274903321

Titolo

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

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

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781126703321

Autore

Bullock Charles S. <1942->

Titolo

Redistricting [[electronic resource] ] : the most political activity in America / / Charles S. Bullock III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010

ISBN

1-282-60780-4

9786612607806

1-4422-0355-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

328.73/073455

Soggetti

Apportionment (Election law) - United States

Apportionment (Election law) - Political aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Ch01. Why Redistricting Is Important; Ch02. Population Equality: How Equal Must Districts Be?; Ch03.



Minorities and Redistricting; Ch04. The Populations Are Equaland Minorities Have Not BeenDiscriminated Against. Now What?; Ch05. Partisan Gerrymandering: All's Fairin Love, War, and Redistricting; Ch06. Gerrymandering Georgia: A Case Study; Ch07. Looking to the Future; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book prepares readers for the redistricting of congressional, state legislative , and local collegial bodies. Chapters 2 through 5 cover the major factors that guide the adjustment of district lines to reflect population shifts. These chapters examine requirements for population equality, fair treatment of minorities, other elements such as compactness and respect for political boundaries and partisan considerations. The book concludes with a preview of the post-2010 redistricting.