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The Far East comes near : autobiographical accounts of Southeast Asian students in America edited by Lucy Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem and Joel Martin Halpern
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks LC2633.6.F37 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indochinese--United States--Biography.
- Indochinese.
- Refugees--Indochina.
- Refugees.
- Refugees--United States.
- Indochinese--Education (Higher)--United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Indochinese.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1989.
- Contents:
- My life in Cambodia and the United States / Chanthouk Ros
- My best memories / Hong Taing
- The Khmer Rouge-murderers / Mark Gray
- Despair and hopelessness / Sreng Kouch
- My bloody nightmare / Horng Kouch
- Migrating to America / Vibora Lim
- From the killing fields to Greenfield : the story of Chard Houn / Max Hartshorne
- Left empty and longing / Nilandone Pathammavong
- One last long look at my country / Chanthava Chanthavong
- New hope for a disheartened refugee / Chantha Souvanna
- A change of cultures / Lamthiane Inthirath
- A poem : Tet Ly Huong, away from home at Tet / Nguyen Hung Anh
- Commentary : human destructiveness and the refugee experience / Ervin Staub.
- Foreword / Deirdre Ling
- Introduction / Joel Martin Halpern
- Becoming a refugee, being a refugee, ceasing to be a refugee / Lucy Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem
- Memories from the past / Do Minh Bang
- Memories / Ta Minh Tri
- "We are killing our own brothers, our souls" / Tran Thi Sanh
- Not too young to understand communism / Phan Huu Thanh
- Hopes of a better life / Nguyen Hung Anh
- An image of home / Nguyen Van Nhan
- The price of freedom / Huynh Huu Hieu
- A terrifying escape / Le Tan Si
- A tragic voyage / Dang Hong Loan
- A Vietnamese-born Chinese / Lam Phu
- Separation and reunion / Nguyen Huu Chung
- My life structure / Phyrun Khath
- My unforgettable experiences / Roeun Chea
- My personal experience / Boreth Sun.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- ISBN:
- 0870236725 (pbk.) :
- 0870236717 :
- OCLC:
- 18815329
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