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This text introduces students to the main groups of refugees in America. Divided into political, sociological, anthropological, and historical approaches, the book discusses the peoples themselves as well as their impact on American society. Refugees are a special category of people who are admitted to this country for humanitarian reasons, have suffered greatly before getting here, and are resettled through an impressive combination of public and private resources. This book traces each group through the process and assesses their future prospects.
List of contents
Introduction by David W. Haines
Political PerspectivesCubans by Joseph Coleman
Vietnamese by Nguyen Manh Hung and David W. Haines
Sociological PerspectivesSoviet Jews by Steven J. Gold
Iranians by Mehdi Bozorgmehr
Anthropological PerspectivesLao by Pamela A. DeVoe
Afghans by Juliene G. Lipson and Patricia A. Omidian
Hmong by Timothy Dunnigan, Douglas P. Olney, Miles A. McNall, and Marline A. Spring
Khmer by Carol A. Mortland
Historical PerspectivesEastern Europeans by Elzbieta M. Gozdziak
Chinese-Vietnamese by John K. Whitmore
Haitians by Frederick J. Conway and Susan Buchanan Stafford
Eritreans and Ethiopians by Tekle Woldemikael
Index
About the author
David W. Haines, who has a PhD in social anthropology, has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level and has served as a research and policy analyst for the federal refugee program. He is the editor of Refugees in the United States (Greenwood, 1985), Refugees as Immigrants: Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese in America (1989) and Refugees in America in the 1990s (Greenwood, 1996). He is currently a senior manager in state government and an advisory board member to the refugee and immigration services program of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond.
