Southeast Asian Refugees and Immigrants in the Mill City: Changing Families, Communities, Institutions-- Thirty Years AfterwardTuyet-Lan Pho, Jeffrey N. Gerson, Sylvia R. Cowan University of Vermont Press, 2007 - 227 trang This timely volume examines the influx immigrants from Southeast Asia to Lowell, Massachusetts, over the past thirty or so years. Numbering about 20,000 people—a very significant one-fifth of the city’s population—these are primarily refugees and their offspring who fled genocide, war, and oppression in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam in the late 1970s and resettled in the United States. The Lowell experience is representative of a truly national phenomenon: communities in Long Beach, Orange County, and San Diego, California; Seattle, Washington; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Houston and Dallas, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; Northern Virginia; and Southern Florida have experienced similar population growth. The historical and contemporary essays chronicle the formidable efforts of Lowell’s Southeast Asian community to recreate itself and its identity amid poverty, discrimination, and pressures to assimilate. They also examine the transformation that has occurred of both newcomers and the community at large. This process provides opportunities for growth but also challenges past practices in the city and state. In this volume, contributors approach the subject from points of view rooted in anthropology, political science, economics, sociology, education, and community psychology. Their work contributes to a broader understanding of U.S. refugee policy, migration, identity and group formation, political adaptation, social acculturation, and community conflict—major issues today in New England and the nation. |
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... practices from the home countries of Lowell's newcomers ; these practices could then be used to transform Lowell into an economically vibrant city that does not neglect environmental safety . Many examples emerged in the focus groups ...
... practices from the home countries of Lowell's newcomers ; these practices could then be used to transform Lowell into an economically vibrant city that does not neglect environmental safety . Many examples emerged in the focus groups ...
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... practices they seemingly promote . Despite their embedddedness , however , these practices are at odds with some of the ongoing practices in the “ mainstream " economic development infrastructure in Lowell ; they thus encounter ...
... practices they seemingly promote . Despite their embedddedness , however , these practices are at odds with some of the ongoing practices in the “ mainstream " economic development infrastructure in Lowell ; they thus encounter ...
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... practices have begun to change . The method of raising business capital among family and friends informally is a little less common : a few instances of individu- als who left the area without paying back business loans have occurred ...
... practices have begun to change . The method of raising business capital among family and friends informally is a little less common : a few instances of individu- als who left the area without paying back business loans have occurred ...
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Lowell Politics and the Resettlement of Southeast Asian | 10 |
The Phenomenon | 19 |
Cultural Adaptation and Transnationalism | 47 |
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