New pioneers in the heartland
Subtitle: Hmong life in Wisconsin
By: by Jo Ann Koltyk.
Series: The new immigrants series; New immigrants series.
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: Hmong Americans -- Wisconsin -- Wausau -- Social life and customs; Wausau (Wis.) -- Social life and customs
Description: A massive wave of immigration is currently sweeping across the US How do new immigrants, specifically the Hmong refugees from Laos, assimilate? This book first traces the stages of the Hmong refugee experience and then looks at how Hmong families are adjusting and adapting to their new lives in America. From a family-centered focus, the reader gains an appreciation for how the Hmong see their own adaptational process and how they represent and define their Hmongness in America. Sociologists and anthropologists. Part of the New Immigrants Series.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-146).