Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     
Introduction: “Will They Eat Me?”     
PART I. JOURNEYS

1. Leaving: Chamy Thor     
2. What Makes the Hmong, Hmong     
3. Keeper of the Past: Mai Xiong     
4. Feast and Famine     
5. Five Thousand Years, Ten Thousand Miles: The Hmong     

PART II. HMONG WORLD: THAT WAS THEN

6. Old Royalty: Ly Vong Lynaolu     
7. An Argument with the Stone Age: Chamy Thor     

PART III. NEW WORLD: AMERICA THE DIFFICULT

8. A Death: Ly Vong Lynaolu     
9. Ties That Bind: Hmongtown, U.S.A.     
10. Kids Astray: Sai Sue Lor     

PART IV. MIDDLE WORLD: BEING HMONG IN AMERICA

11. A Change of Mind: Lue Vang, Pang Foua Yang Rhodes     
12. Choosing a Path: Mai Xia Cha     
13. A Different Path: The Children of Long     
14. Buried Treasure: Mai Xiong     
15. Peb Hmoob, We Hmong: Chamy Thor     

Appendix A: Hmong Language and Names     
Appendix B: Child-Rearing Study     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index