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Autore |
Bixler Mark <1970-> |
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Titolo |
The lost boys of Sudan : an American story of the refugee experience / / Mark Bixler |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Athens, : University of Georgia Press, 2005 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Refugees - Sudan |
Refugees - Georgia - Atlanta |
Orphans - Sudan |
War |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-254) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Landing""; ""Bread in the Dishwasher""; ""The Spoiling of the World""; ""A Bitter Wind""; ""Selective Compassion""; ""The Level of Responsible People""; ""Are Y�all Resettling Any of These Guys?""; ""Body Language in the Workplace""; ""September 11, 2001""; ""Chasing the Wind""; ""Can You Name Your Sisters?""; ""This Is Your Future""; ""Driving""; ""Don�t Get Obsessed""; ""Peace?""; ""Gentlemen of the Future""; ""Epilogue. November 2004""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I"" |
""J""""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Y"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 2000, the United States accepted 3,800 refugees from the Sudan's civil war. Thousands of young men, known as "Lost Boys," were separated from their families in the chaos of a brutal conflict. This is the story of four of these refugees who found new lives in America. |
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