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Braving a New World: Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City

Braving a New World: Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City

Hopkins, Marycarol

Hardcover

Series: Contemporary Urban Studies

AnthropologyGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0897893921
ISBN13: 9780897893923
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Oct 21 1996
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.56
Language: English
This ethnography, based on a five-year field study, presents a holistic view of a nearly invisible ethnic minority in the urban Midwest, Cambodian refugees. Hopkins begins with a brief look at Cambodian history and the reign which led these farmers to flee their homeland, and then presents an intimate portrait of ordinary family life and also of Buddhist ceremonial life. The book details their struggles to adjust in the face of the many barriers presented by American urban life, such as poverty, dangerous neighborhoods, and unemployment, and also by the conflict between their particular needs and American institutions such as schools, health care, law, and even the agencies intended to help them.

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