Hmong Means Free: Life in Laos and America

edited and with an Introduction by

Sucheng Chan

http://www.stolaf.edu/people/cdr/hmong/

This collection of evocative personal testimonies by three generations of Hmong refugees is the first to describe their lives in Laos as slash-and-burn farmers, as refugees after a Communist government came to power in 1875, and as immigrants in the United States. Reflecting on the homes left behind, their narratives chronicle the difficulties of forging a new identity.

Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Personal and Place Names
Introduction: The Hmong Experience in Asia and the United States
Chapter One: The Xiong Family of Goleta
Chapter Two: The Xiong Family of Lompoc
Chapter Three: The Fang Family of San Diego
Chapter Four: The Tcha Family of Fresno
Chapter Five: The Moua Family of Sanger
Notes to the Introduction
Selected Bibliography
Notes on the Editor and Transcribers/Translators

Chan, Sucheng, Hmong Means Free: Life in Laos and America, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1994.

For another person's perspective on whether or not the word "Hmong" means "Free", please see this article by Lamont H. Thao.

Hmong Means Free: Life in Laos and America

edited and with an Introduction by

Sucheng Chan

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