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Author Shah, Bindi V., 1960-

Title Laotian daughters [electronic resource] : working toward community, belonging, and environmental justice / Bindi V. Shah.

Imprint Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 201 p.
Series Asian American history and culture
Asian American history and culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents From Agent Orange to super fund sites to anti-immigrant sentiments : multiple voyages, on-going challenges -- New immigration and the American nation : a framework for citizenship and belonging in contemporary United States -- The politics of race : political identity and the struggle for social rights -- The politics of race : critical incorporation and inter-minority relations -- Family, culture, gender : narratives of ethnic reconstruction and meaning among second-generation Laotian women -- Building community, crafting belonging -- Conclusion : second-generation Laotians becoming "American".
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Asian Pacific Environmental Network.
Laotian Americans -- California -- Contra Costa County.
Teenage girls -- California -- Contra Costa County.
Children of immigrants -- California -- Contra Costa County.
Environmental justice -- California -- Contra Costa County.
Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Race relations -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781439908136 (cloth alk. paper)
9781439908150 (pbk. alk. paper)
9781439908143 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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