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Home is where you make it: Hmong refugees in Georgia

Urban anthropology and studies of cultural systems and world economic development26 (1) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 71-92

By: Duchon, D. A..

Abstract
Since Hmong refugees began entering the United States in 1975, most research, coming out of California and the Midwest, has concentrated on the high rates of unemployment and low rates of literacy that the group has experienced. By most accounts, the Hmong have not adapted as well to life in the United States as have other Asian groups. Other researchers have even suggested that the Hmong would become part of the permanent urban underclass. However, those Hmong who originally settled in metropolitan Atlanta and other places in the Southeast, even such seemingly unlikely places as Morganton, North Carolina, have thrived. This paper explores and evaluates the reasons for such differential adaptation, based on research with the Hmong in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. Finding include prevailing economic conditions, the strategies taken by local Hmong leadership, and a high rate of conversion to Christianity (p. 71).
Subjects
Interviewing in research
Internal migration
External migration
History and culture change
Acculturation and culture contact
Labor supply and employment
Ethnic stratification
Household
Congregations
Religious denominations
Missions
culture
North American Hmong
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
North America
Sub Region
Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 2000
Field Date
1991-1993
Coverage Date
1975-1993
Coverage Place
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Notes
D. A. Duchon
Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-92)
LCCN
98641869
LCSH
Hmong Americans