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Walker, Wendy – 1989
Characteristics of the Hmong refugees to the United States are described, with emphasis on educational problems. Historians agree that the Hmong lived in China until about 1810 when they began to migrate to Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The evacuation of U.S. troops from Saigon in 1975 marked the beginning to the first wave of Southeast Asian…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Asian History, Children
Lucas, Alice – 1993
During the 1980s more than 100,000 refugees poured into the United States from Cambodia. This essay is intended to inform educators and others who work with Cambodian families about recent Cambodian history and traditional Cambodian culture and to create awareness of the social and psychological significance of these factors. The waves of refugees…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Asian Americans
