Building little Saigon : refugee urbanism in American cities and suburbs / Erica Allen-Kim.
"In the final days before the fall of Saigon in 1975, nearly 140,000 Vietnamese who were evacuated or who made their own way out of the country were resettled in the United States. Finding themselves in unfamiliar places yet still connected in exile, these refugees began building their own comm...
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| Other title: | Refugee urbanism in American cities and suburbs |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2024.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Lateral exchanges.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Fleeing backward
- Pagodas, dive bars, and storefront museums
- The social life of mini-malls
- Memorials to a never-ending war
- Downtown Saigon USA
- Houston's Little Saigon : the architecture of survival
- Epilogue. Refuge for all.