Description: Voices of Vietnamese Boat People : Nineteen Narratives of Escape and Survival, Paperback by Cargill, Mary Terrell (EDT); Huynh, Jade Quang (EDT), ISBN 0786407859, ISBN-13 9780786407859, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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 .
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Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Name: Voices of Vietnamese Boat People : Nineteen Narratives of Escape and Survival
Language: English
Publisher: Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication Year: 2000
Subject: Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, General, World
Item Height: 0.4 in
Item Weight: 9.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Author: Mary Terrell Cargill, Jade Quang Huynh
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
