essay

Hmong

Refugees in America in the 1990s : a reference handbookWestport, Conn.Published In 1996 • Pages: 191-212

By: Dunnigan, Timothy J., Olney, Douglas P., McNall, Miles A., Spring, Marline A..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief survey of immigrant Hmong ethnology from approximately 1975-1990s. The authors concentrated on Hmong economy, education, marriages practices, community politics, and the manner in which this population has adapted to life in the United States.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Population
Birth statistics
External migration
History and culture change
Settlement patterns
Labor supply and employment
Individual enterprise
Mode of marriage
Arranging a marriage
Household
Conception
Liberal arts education
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
essay
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.
4: Excellent Secondary 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; 2000
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1975-1990s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
United States
NotesAdditional notes
Timothy Dunnigan, Douglas P. Olney, Miles A. McNall, and Marline A. Spring
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-212)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Hmong Americans