Book
Migrants without mountains: the politics of sociocultural adjustment among the Lao Hmong refugees in San Diego
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Scott, George Morgan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation deals with adjustment to American culture of Hmong refugees in San Diego. The author first describes traditional Hmong society in Laos. He then describes changes that have taken place since immigration to the U.S. Using as his theoretical basis Max Weber's postulated three types of authority structure, Scott analyzes the political organization of the Hmong community in San Diego. The author concludes '…that while each component of the local Hmong political system closely approximates the corresponding Weberian type, the way that they are combined presents a unique configuration -- namely, the association president [Lao family] uses his personal charisma to try to rationalize the traditionally-minded community members, specifically to convince them to accept the association's rational adjustment strategies' (pp. x-xi). The dissertation concludes with a presentation of reasons why the above strategies have not worked, the president's charismatic urging notwithstanding.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Observation in research
- Interviewing in research
- Personality traits
- External migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Settlement patterns
- Status, role, and prestige
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Mode of marriage
- Household
- Family relationships
- Clans
- Private welfare agencies
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- North American Hmong
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Diego, California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] George Morgan Scott, Jr.
- Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of California, San Diego, 1986
- UM 8611289
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-514)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hmong Americans