Changing Lives and Identities. The Vietnamese Community in the United States and Germany

277 Pages·2010·3.77 MB·English

by  Chau Giang Bui

CHAU GIANG BUI
Changing Lives
and ldentities
The Vietnamese Community
in the United States
and Germany
WISSENSCHAFTLICHE BEITRÄGE
AUS DEM TECTUM VERLAG
Reihe Anglistik
WISSENSCHAFTLICHE BEITRÄGE
AUS DEM TECTUM VERLAG

Reihe Anglistik

Band 5

Chau Giang Bui

Changing Lives and Identities
The Vietnamese Community in the United States and
Germany

Tectum Verlag
Chau Giang Bui

Changing Lives and Identities. The Vietnamese Community in the United
States and Germany
Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem Tectum Verlag:
Reihe: Anglistik; Bd. 5
” Tectum Verlag Marburg, 2016
Zugl. Diss. Univ. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8288-3756-06440-5
(Dieser Titel ist zugleich als gedrucktes Buch unter
der ISBN 978-3-8288-3756-0 im Tectum Verlag erschienen.)

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