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Boek uit een reeks die uitsluitend gaat over groepen van immigranten in de Verenigde Staten. Immigranten maken een integraal deel uit van de Amerikaanse geschiedenis en elk van de boeken in deze reeks gaat in op een aantal historische achtergronden maar verder ook op heel algemene dingen zoals de manier waarop immigranten zich organiseren, wat hun speciale feestdagen zijn, wat voor soort jobs ze doen, hoe hun kinderen school lopen of hoe ze zich "voelen" als nieuwe Amerikanen.
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Includes information on the demographic characteristics, socio-economic characteristics, and population concentrations of Vietnamese Americans in Massachusetts.
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After the fall of Saigon in 1975, during a campaign for the repatriation of 130,000 refugees in the United States, actress Tippi Hedren, known best for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), connected Vietnamese immigrants to the art of the manicure. Her long, decorated nails made an impression on a visit to Hope Village, so Hedren had her personal stylist flown in to teach a class to twenty women. From this meager handful grew a revolution. Now, Vietnamese-Americans own most of the market share in nail salons, an industry valued by a conservative estimate at around 7 billion. In Polished, Bi Ayers, owner of ProNails Spa, writes of this journey through space and time from a personal perspective. Himself a Vietnamese immigrant who moved west in search of success, Ayers weaves a tale of tragedy, empathy, and triumph that begins with the loss of everything and ends with the American dream. Part memoir, part business book, Polished shares deep insight into the history of the Vietnamese-owned nail salon, told straight from the heart.
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Vietnamese Americans. --- Vietnamese Americans --- Ethnic & Race Studies --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Ethnology --- Vietnamese
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For refugees and immigrants in the United States, expressions of citizenship and belonging emerge not only during the naturalization process but also during more informal, everyday activities in the community. Based on research in the Dallas–Arlington–Fort Worth area of Texas, this book examines the sociocultural spaces in which Vietnamese and Indian immigrants are engaging with the wider civic sphere. As Civic Engagements reveals, religious and ethnic organizations provide arenas in which immigrants develop their own ways of being and becoming "American." Skills honed at a meeting, festival, or banquet have resounding implications for the future political potential of these immigrant populations, both locally and nationally. Employing Lave and Wenger's concept of "communities of practice" as a framework, this book emphasizes the variety of processes by which new citizens acquire the civic and leadership skills that help them to move from peripheral positions to more central roles in American society.
East Indian Americans --- Vietnamese Americans --- Immigrants --- Political activity --- Societies, etc.
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Inspiring and sometimes tragic personal stories of five Amerasian children left behind after the Vietnam War
Vietnamese Americans. --- Amerasians --- Abandoned children --- Children of military personnel
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Vietnamese Americans --- Fiction --- Louisiana --- Social life and customs --- Fiction.
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Asian American criminals --- Gangs --- Juvenile delinquents --- Vietnamese Americans
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