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Book SynopsisDescribes Cambodian history, migration, and resettlement in the US.
Trade Review"
Not Just Victims allows for a new, 'whole' perspective about the Cambodian community to unfold."--
International Examiner"A nuanced and moving portrait of a people actively struggling to overcome one of the twentieth century's most horrific wars."--
Asian Affairs"
Not Just Victims is inspirational in the way it affirms the resilience of Cambodian culture. [Contains] a wealth of information for the resourceful ehtnographer who seeks to understand Khmer culture in transformation in the United States."--
Journal of American Ethnic History“
Not Just Victims is of very high quality as a piece of scholarship. The review of the literature on Cambodia and Cambodian refugees is extraordinary. The book contains easily the single best synthesis of Cambodian history, migration, and resettlement I have ever read.”--Jeremy Hein, author of
From Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia: A Refugee Experience in the United StatesTable of ContentsLong Beach California - the capital of Cambodian America; on Buddhism and psychotherapy; law enforcement issues; how Massachusetts became a refugee-friendly state; Lowell Massachusetts - the "Long Beach of the east coast"; getting established in Fall River Massachusetts; Cambodians in Philadelphia; the Cambodian network council; Cambodians in Portland Oregon; Cambodians in Tacoma Washington; a holistic approach to mental health; The Khmer Krom.
