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Liem, Nguyen Dang – Bilingual Resources, 1980
Notes problem areas in Vietnamese-American cross-cultural communication; analyzes Vietnamese communicative style; reviews circumstances of Vietnamese arrival in the west, the effect of tradition on their behavior and their cultural and psychoreligious background. (Journal availbility: National Dissemination and Assessment Center, California State…
Descriptors: Asian History, Behavior, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences
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
Reams, Joanne Reppert – 1983
Concise background information on Taiwan is provided. The publication begins with a profile of Taiwan, discussing the people, geography, political establishment, and economy. A map of the country is provided. The bulk of the publication then provides more detailed information on Taiwan's people, geography, history, administration, political…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies, Comparative Education