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Educating New Americans : Immigrant title: Lives and Learning Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education author: Hones, Donald F.; Cha, Cher Shou. publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. isbn10 | asin: 0805831339 print isbn13: 9780805831337 ebook isbn13: 9780585190037 language: English Immigrants--Education--United States-- Case studies, Immigrants--United States-- Social life and customs--Case studies, Cha, subject Cher Shou, Hmong Americans--Biography, Americanization, Multicultural education-- United States. publication date: 1999 lcc: LC3731.H635 1999eb ddc: 371.829/00973 Immigrants--Education--United States-- Case studies, Immigrants--United States-- Social life and customs--Case studies, Cha, subject: Cher Shou, Hmong Americans--Biography, Americanization, Multicultural education-- United States. Page i Educating New Americans Immigrant Lives and Learning Page ii Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education Joel Spring, Editor Spring The Cultural Transformation of a Native American Family and Its Tribe 1763-1995 Reagan Non-Western Educational Traditions: Alternative Approaches to Educational Thought and Practice Peshkin Places of Memory: Whitman's Schools and Native American Communities Spring Political Agendas for Education: From the Christian Coalition to the Green Party Nespor Tangled Up in School: Politics, Space, Bodies, and Signs in the Educational Process Weinberg Asian-American Education: Historical Background and Current Realities Books Invisible Children in the Society and Its Schools Shapiro/Purpel, eds. Critical Social Issues in American Education: Transformation in a Postmodern World, Second Edition Lipka/Mohatt/The Cuilistet Group Transforming the Culture of Schools: Yup'ik Eskimo Examples Benham/Heck Culture and Educational Policy in Hawai'i: The Silencing of Native Voices Spring Education and the Rise of the Global Economy Pugach On the Border of Opportunity: Education, Community, and Language at the U.S.-Mexico Line Hones/Cha Educating New Americans: Immigrant Lives and Learning Gabbard, ed. Education in the Global Economy: The Rhetoric of Reform Page iii Educating New Americans Immigrant Lives and Learning Donald F. Hones Cher Shou Cha LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS Mahwah, New Jersey London Page iv Copyright © 1999 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microfilm, retrieval system, or any other means, without prior written permission of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah, NJ 07430 Cover design by Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hones, Donald F. Educating new Americans: immigrants lives and learn- ing / by Donald F. Hones and Cher Shou Cha. p. cm. (Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8058-3133-9 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-8058-3134-7 (pbk.: alk. paper.) 1. ImmigrantsEducationUnited StatesCase studies. 2. ImmigrantsUnited StatesSocial life and customsCase studies. 3. Cha, Cher Shou. 4. Hmong AmericansBiography. 5. Americaniza- tion. 6. Multicultural educationUnited States. I. Cha, Cher Shou. II. Title. III. Series. LC3731.H635 1998 371.86'91'0973dc21 98-24514 CIP Books published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates are printed on acid-free paper, and their bindings are chosen for strength and durability. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Page v Dedicated to elders, who keep the memories; to children, who carry the dreams; to parents and teachers, who provide the bridge. Page vii CONTENTS A Note on Authorship and Ownership ix Preface xi Part I: Immigrant Identity in School and Society Prelude to a Life History: The Shooting 3 1 9 On Being and Becoming American 2 25 Visions of America: Narratives of Immigrants, School, and Society Part II: A Hmong American Life History 3 57 A River in the Mountains 4 82 The Word 5 109 Generations 6 137 Making Peace Part III: Learning From a Life 7 163 Resourcefulness, Relationship, Respect: Learning From a Life

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