Hmong America: Reconstructing Community in Diaspora (Asian American Experience)

Love it

How can a book titled "Hmong America: Reconstructing Community in Diaspora" not include the largest settlement of Hmong in California? Aside from a big dot on a map, California is missing from the discussion.

A very good book to read...

doesn't mention the Hmong of Iowa - one of the least populated Hmong communities

This excellent ethnography and history examines the lives of Hmong refugees as they resettle in the United States. The book focuses on the community in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) in Minnesota, the largest concentration of Hmong in the United States. It not only provides a history of the Secret War in Laos, Hmong resettlement in the U.S., but also explores the lives of Hmong Americans in the Twin Cities. Unlike Ann Fadiman's book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Vang's book underscores the agency of Hmong people in diaspora in building a new community in the U.S. I have taught the book in undergrad courses and students love reading and discussing it.

Basically a boring text book....other two purchased engaged the reader and allowed a better understanding of the issues at hand, but this book, meh.

There is no analysis of the community. It's a basic description and reads like a community study of Hmong people in America.