The Far East comes near : autobiographical accounts of Southeast Asian students in America / edited by Lucy Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem and Joel Martin Halpern.

Title
  1. The Far East comes near : autobiographical accounts of Southeast Asian students in America / edited by Lucy Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem and Joel Martin Halpern.
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  1. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1989.

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Additional authors
  1. Nguyen, Lucy Hong Nhiem, 1939-
  2. Halpern, Joel M. (Joel Martin), 1929-2019
Description
  1. xii, 213 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. Indochinese > Education (Higher) > United States
  2. Indochinese > United States > Biography
  3. Refugees > Indochina
  4. Refugees > United States
Contents
  1. Foreword / Deirdre Ling -- Introduction / Joel Martin Halpern -- Becoming a refugee, being a refugee, ceasing to be a refugee / Lucy Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem -- Memories from the past / Do Minh Bang -- Memories / Ta Minh Tri -- "We are killing our own brothers, our souls" / Tran Thi Sanh -- Not too young to understand communism / Phan Huu Thanh -- Hopes of a better life / Nguyen Hung Anh -- An image of home / Nguyen Van Nhan -- The price of freedom / Huynh Huu Hieu -- A terrifying escape / Le Tan Si -- A tragic voyage / Dang Hong Loan -- A Vietnamese-born Chinese / Lam Phu -- Separation and reunion / Nguyen Huu Chung -- My life structure / Phyrun Khath -- My unforgettable experiences / Roeun Chea -- My personal experience / Boreth Sun.
  2. My life in Cambodia and the United States / Chanthouk Ros -- My best memories / Hong Taing -- The Khmer Rouge-murderers / Mark Gray -- Despair and hopelessness / Sreng Kouch -- My bloody nightmare / Horng Kouch -- Migrating to America / Vibora Lim -- From the killing fields to Greenfield : the story of Chard Houn / Max Hartshorne -- Left empty and longing / Nilandone Pathammavong -- One last long look at my country / Chanthava Chanthavong -- New hope for a disheartened refugee / Chantha Souvanna -- A change of cultures / Lamthiane Inthirath -- A poem : Tet Ly Huong, away from home at Tet / Nguyen Hung Anh -- Commentary : human destructiveness and the refugee experience / Ervin Staub.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library