Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date.
For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now.

A World Without Boundaries: A story of human atrocities, despair, migration, and interconnections
378Temporarily Out of Stock Online
Overview
After the Hmong fled atrocities in southern China, they became trapped in a civil war in Laos and involved in an alliance with the United States, fighting against the Communists expansion in Indochina during the Vietnam War. The Hmong who sided with the United States in the war, however, faced unimaginable suffering. In "A World Without Boundaries," Ge Xiong weaves details of haunting and vivid accounts of the suffering of a people in a social and political culture that perpetuated nepotism, corruption, and wars, while fostering inequality among ethnicities, genders, and socio-economic castes. This a story of acts of bloodshed, heartbreak, love, and sacrifice, andabove allof a people who continue to endure many difficulties, yet strive to achieve a better life in an increasingly complex world after they have lost everything.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781634134828 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Two Harbors Press, Incorporated |
Publication date: | 06/02/2015 |
Pages: | 378 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Preaface ix
Introduction 1
Part I How It Got Started
Chapter 1 The World of Nature, the World of Men 11
Chapter 2 A Natural Way of Life Engulfed by Fire 35
Chapter 3 The Airplane Rice and Singing Box 52
Chapter 4 A Move That Changed My View of the World 78
Chapter 5 Fleeing the Human Killing Storm 100
Part II The Raging Fire
Chapter 6 Facing the Worst Fears 123
Chapter 7 A Social/Political Culture of Despair 138
Chapter 8 Good-bye, Sam Thong 172
Chapter 9 Long Chieng, the Legendary Hmong City 190
Chapter 10 Hmong Students Striving for Success 205
Part III The Aftermath
Chapter 11 Becoming a Teacher 231
Chapter 12 Youa's Story: "Saving the Sun" 247
Chapter 13 The Cease-Fire and the False Peace 272
Chapter 14 At the Mercy of the Tiger 292
Chapter 15 Sheep without a Field 322
Epilogue 344
Acknowledgments 351
About the Author 353
Index 354