[PDF] The Vietnamese Community In Orange County Refugee Service Programs And Mutual Assistance Association eBook

Author : Thuy Vo Dang
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,50 MB
Release : 2015-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1439650284

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Vietnamese Americans have transformed the social, cultural, economic, and political life of Orange County, California. Previously, there were Vietnamese international students, international or war brides, or military personnel living in the United States, but the majority arrived as refugees and immigrants after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Although they are lumped together as "refugees," Vietnamese Americans are diverse in terms of their class, ethnic, regional, religious, linguistic, and ideological backgrounds. Their migration path varied, and they often struggled with resettling in a new homeland and rebuilding their lives. They are dispersed throughout the country, but many are concentrated in central Orange County, where three cities--Westminster, Garden Grove, and Santa Ana--have "Welcome to Little Saigon" signs. They constitute the largest population of Vietnamese outside of Vietnam and have created flourishing residential neighborhoods and bustling commercial centers and contribute to the political and cultural life of the region. This book captures snapshots of Vietnamese life in Orange County over the span of 40 years and shows a dynamic, vibrant community that is revitalizing the region.

Author : Phuong Tran Nguyen
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 19,99 MB
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0252099958

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Vietnamese refugees fleeing the fall of South Vietnam faced a paradox. The same guilt-ridden America that only reluctantly accepted them expected, and rewarded, expressions of gratitude for their rescue. Meanwhile, their status as refugees—as opposed to willing immigrants—profoundly influenced their cultural identity. Phuong Tran Nguyen examines the phenomenon of refugee nationalism among Vietnamese Americans in Southern California. Here, the residents of Little Saigon keep alive nostalgia for the old regime and, by extension, their claim to a lost statehood. Their refugee nationalism is less a refusal to assimilate than a mode of becoming, in essence, a distinct group of refugee Americans. Nguyen examines the factors that encouraged them to adopt this identity. His analysis also moves beyond the familiar rescue narrative to chart the intimate yet contentious relationship these Vietnamese Americans have with their adopted homeland. Nguyen sets their plight within the context of the Cold War, an era when Americans sought to atone for broken promises but also saw themselves as providing a sanctuary for people everywhere fleeing communism.

Author : Alan Edward Schorr
Publisher : Juneau, Alaska, USA : Denali Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 13,54 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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The third edition of this directory includes information on local, state, national and selected international organizations, associations, research centers, government agencies, programmes, foundations, museums, human rights agencies, embassies, academic programmes, and other groups in the United States that offer services to or provide information/policy analysis about refugees and immigrants. The information is arranged in ten chapters and two appendixes : Appendix A contains a glossary, chronologies of refugee and asylum programmes, review of immigration and naturalization legislation and other documents. Appendix B contains extensive tables and charts on current and historical trends in immigration and refugee admissions, as well as selected data on the world refugee situation. The directory ends with three indexes, by organizational name, geographical area and contact name.