Hmong: History of a People

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Though there are slightly more than six million Hmong worldwide, relatively few Americans know much about them. The Hmong people, who steadfastly retained many of their cultural traditions though they settled extensively in China, were forced to become perpetual migrants and montagnards, due to relentless persecution by the Chinese, who considered all but Chinese culture uncivilized. Most Hmong today live in China, Laos, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma and are all descendants (it is speculated) of Hmong who...
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Though there are slightly more than six million Hmong worldwide, relatively few Americans know much about them. The Hmong people, who steadfastly retained many of their cultural traditions though they settled extensively in China, were forced to become perpetual migrants and montagnards, due to relentless persecution by the Chinese, who considered all but Chinese culture uncivilized. Most Hmong today live in China, Laos, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma and are all descendants (it is speculated) of Hmong who originally migrated from central Siberia. Following the Second World War, the Hmong of northern Vietnam and Laos allied themselves with the French, and later the U.S., to fight against the Vietnamese communists. Nearly a third of the Laotian Hmong perished in combat or died from starvation and disease caused by war. After the communist takeover, thousands more Hmong died in concentration camps, perished in rebellions, or were killed trying to escape to Thailand. Of those who did escape, more than eighty thousand resettled in the U.S. If Americans have a concept of existence of the Hmong people at all, they think of them as victims. Many have a certain degree of sympathy for them, but few understand the Hmong as a unique race with a rich heritage. Indeed, the involvement of the Hmong in the Laotian war was only a single incident in the long saga of the Hmong as people. Hmong: History of a People is a detailed rediscovery of this saga, following Hmong history and tradition from their early settlements in China, up to and including much of their contribution to the war in Vietnam. It is a book of struggle, prowess, and magic, and it reiterates the importance of cultural memory for any race and specifically the importance of the memory for the Hmong.
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Follows the history and tradition of the Hmong people, from their early settlements in China through their contribution to the war in Vietnam. Details Hmong origins, their relations with other tribal minorities, and their alliance with the French in Indochina, and discusses aspects of traditional Hmong society such as opium cultivation, farming, and shamanism. Includes chapters on the Fall of Tonkin, Captain Vang Pao, and Hmong immigration in Thailand and the US. Contains b&w photos and drawings. Distributed by Paul & Co. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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  • ISBN-13: 9780910055079
  • Publisher: Eastern Washington University Press
  • Publication date: 3/28/1988
  • Pages: 216

Meet the Author

Keith Quincy received his BA in philosophy and MA in political science at UCLA, and his doctorate in philosophy at the Claremont Graduate University. His research and published work include classical economics, welfare economics, and the economics of Henry George. Formerly a fellow at the Institute in Higher Education at the Claremont Graduate University, he taught philosophy at the University of California (Riverside) and the California Polytechnic Institute (Pomona). He also taught political philosophy and political economy at Eastern Washington University (EWU). He is the author of nine books, including a history of the Hmong, an account of the CIA's secret war in Laos, and a new translation of Plato's dialogues. Nationally recognized for his outstanding teaching, he is the former chairman of the Government Program at EWU.
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Table of Contents

Ch'ien-Lung's Revenge 3
Origins 16
Hmong in China 32
Settling in Indochina 60
Hmong Society 72
The Spirit World 88
The Hmong and the French - Uneasy Allies 112
Touby 137
The Fall of Tonkin 156
Vang Pao 171
A Hmong War 189
Resisters, Refugees, and Immigrants 213
Books 225
Articles 228
Interviews 231
Index 232
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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 19, 2001

    AweSome DAwESomE!!

    I really enjoyed this book. It provided a great deal of history on the Hmong people, which is really hard to find--especially books that date back that far. It was of tremendous help for my presentation on the Hmong. All Hmong should read this book to help give them a slightly better understanding of their culture. The book truly is written for those of the younger generations--us.

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