TY - BOOK ID - 78716606 TI - Hmong Americans in Michigan PY - 2014 SN - 1609174097 9781609174095 9781611861198 1611861195 PB - East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Immigrants KW - Hmong Americans KW - Ethnology KW - Hmong (Asian people) KW - Emigrants KW - Foreign-born population KW - Foreign population KW - Foreigners KW - Migrants KW - Persons KW - Aliens KW - Social conditions. KW - Cultural assimilation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78716606 AB - The Hmong people, originating from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos, are unique among American immigrants because of their extraordinary history of migration; loyalty to one another; prolonged abuse, trauma, and suffering at the hands of those who dominated them; profound loss; and independence, as well as their amazing capacity to adapt and remain resilient over centuries. This introduction to their experience in Michigan discusses Hmong American history, culture, and more specifically how they left homelands filled with brutality and warfare to come to the Unite ER -