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Laotians in the San Francisco Bay Area / Jonathan H.X. Lee and the Center for Lao Studies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Jonathan H. X., Author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Laotian Americans--California--San Francisco--Biography--Pictorial works.
- Laotian Americans.
- Laotian Americans--California--San Francisco--History--Pictorial works.
- Laotian Americans--California--San Francisco--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography--Pictorial works.
- San Francisco (Calif.).
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Ethnic relations--History--Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]
- Summary:
- Throughout the 19th and up to the mid-20th centuries, immigrants from China, Japan, Korea, India, and the Philippines came to America through San Francisco. The end of the decades-long Vietnam War changed the modern Asian American demographics of the city, this time with refugees coming from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The San Francisco Bay Area remains a hub for Laotian American culture, history, and community resources, and it has been a center for Laotian American advancement since the early 1980s. After calling the United States home for more than 30 years and battling the scars of war, a new Laotian American society is seeking meaning from its past while moving forward with hopes of a better future as Americans.
- Contents:
- Factors of migration
- Resettlement
- Families and weddings
- Religious life and rituals
- Festivals and celebrations
- Community organizations and associations
- Youths and recreation
- Civic engagement
- Business and employment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125) and index.
- OCLC:
- 885208272
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