Bamboo Among the Oaks: Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans BISAC-OCC023000 ISBN10: 1601786891

ISBN10: 1601786891

Author: Marie De France

a struggle that transcends through every layer of society

Paul's Summit Avenue

Rick has more relatives than a lottery winner

Bamboo Among the Oaks: Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans BISAC-OCC023000 ISBN10: 1601786891Of an estimated twelve million ethnic Hmong in the world, more than 160,000 live in the United States today, most of them refugees of the Vietnam War and the civil war in Laos. Their numbers make them one of the largest recent immigrant groups in our nation. Today, significant Hmong populations can be found in California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Michigan, and Colorado, and St. Paul boasts the largest concentration of Hmong residents of