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

Publication Info. Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  E184.V53 V55 2006    Available  ---
Description xvii, 323 pages ; 23 cm.
age Children
Series Asian American history and culture
Asian American history and culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-304) and index.
Includes videography: pages 305-307.
Contents Vietnamese names -- pt. I. Historical overview -- 1. Vietnam before the mid-nineteenth century -- 2. French colonial rule and Vietnamese resistance -- 3. Communism and nationalism -- 4. The 1945 August revolution -- 5. The First Indochina War -- 6. The American involvement in Vietnam -- 7. The fall of Saigon and its aftermath -- 8. The plight of the ethnic Chinese in Vietnam -- 9. An international refugee crisis -- 10. Ending the Indochinese refugee exodus -- pt. II. Stories of war, revolution, flight, and new beginnings -- 11. A tragedy : from Vietnam to America -- 12. A journey called freedom -- 13. My autobiography -- 14. How it feels to be an Asian American -- 15. Integrity through change -- 16. A place to call home -- 17. The coming of age of a Chinese-Vietnamese American -- 18. My father and I -- 19. The pain in my heart -- 20. The never-ending struggle -- 21. An unfinished journey -- 22. From Vietnam to Germany to the United States -- 23. Vietnam memories in America -- 24. My transition to being an Asian American -- 25. At that time in my life -- Epilogue.
Subject Vietnamese Americans -- Biography.
Vietnamese Americans -- Biography.
Refugees -- United States -- Biography.
Refugees.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Refugees -- Vietnam -- Biography.
Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese -- Juvenile literature.
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Genre/Form Personal narratives -- Vietnamese.
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Refugees -- Juvenile literature.
Vietnam -- History -- 20th century.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Genre/Form Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
Added Author Chan, Sucheng.
Added Title Vietnamese American one point five generation
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