Voices of vietnamese boat people

Informationen zum Autor Mary Terrell Cargill is an associate professor of English at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee. Jade Quang Huynh, a native of Vietnam, is currently in Austin, Texas. Klappentext On April 30, 1975, the Hanoi government of North Vietnam took control over the South. South Vietnamese, particularly "intellectuals" and those thought to have been associated with the previous regime, underwent terrible punishment, persecution and "re-education." Seeking their freedom, thousands of South Vietnamese took to the sea in rickety boats, often with few supplies, and faced the dangers of nature, pirates, and starvation. While the sea and its danger claimed many lives, those who made it to the refugee camps still faced struggle and hardships in their quest for freedom. Here are collected the narratives of nineteen men and women who survived the ordeal of escape by sea. Today, they live in the United States as students, professors, entrepreneurs, scientists, and craftspeople who have chosen to tell the stories of their struggles and their triumph. Each narrative is accompanied by biographical information. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here. Zusammenfassung After 1975 the communist regime in Vietnam inflicted severe punishment upon anyone associated with the previous regime. Many people escaped by boat! risking their lives rather than stay and suffer. Here are 19 narratives of survivors who found freedom.

Product details

• Authors: m t huynh Cargill, Cargill Mary Terrell, Huynh Jade Quang
• Assisted by: Mary Terrell Cargill (Editor), Jade Quang Huynh (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2000
• EAN: 9780786407859
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-0785-9
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Vietnam, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Regional Studies, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Regional / International studies, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, General and world history, c 1970 to c 1979, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, c 1970 to c 1980, vietnam civilians; refugee