Braving a New World Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City (Contemporary Urban Studies,) by Marycarol Hopkins, AileenOrmiston Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1996 by Praeger ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-392-3, ISBN: 0-89789-392-1
"This ethnography, based on a five-year field study, presents a holistic view of a nearly invisible ethnic minority in the urban Midwest, Cambodian refugees. Hopkins begins with a brief look at Cambodian history and the reign which led these farmers to flee their homeland, and then presents an intimate portrait of ordinary family life and also of Buddhist ceremonial life. The book details their struggles to adjust in the face of the many ..."