Boat People, Swimmers and Refugees
Narratives of Asian Immigrants
When Eleanor Swent began teaching English as a Second Language at an Oakland, California, Adult Education Center in 1967, she soon learned that many of the Asian immigrants in her classes had remarkable tales to tell of their struggles in their homelands and their efforts to make new lives in America. This oral history, based on interviews Swent conducted with her students over thirty years, documents the Asian immigrant experience as never before. Here are the stories of desperate individuals who swam to escape from China to Macao and Hong Kong; of Chinese daughters considered worthless by their families; of political refugees from Vietnam;…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7864-6339-8
- EAN: 9780786463398
- Produktnummer: 10726566
- Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 233 S.
- Masse: H15.4 cm x B22.9 cm x D1.8 cm 334 g
- Abbildungen: 20 photographs
- Gewicht: 334
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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