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100 1 $aBass, Thomas A.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aVietnamerica :$bthe war comes home /$cThomas A. Bass.
246 30 $aWar comes home
264 1 $aNew York :$bSoho,$c[1996]
264 4 $c©1996
300 $a278 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
505 0 $aPreface -- Amerasia -- Saigon -- Half breeds -- Nyetnik -- Apocalypse now -- Going native -- Tay Thi -- Confucian cocktail -- Security warrior -- The sins of the fathers -- A free country -- Becoming American -- The father search -- Love trouble -- The Bell Curve -- Tet -- Miss Butterfly -- Vietnamerica.
520 $a"The Vietnamese called the Amerasian children of U.S. servicemen bui doi, "the dust of life." Half American and half Asian, they had been abandoned by their fathers to a xenophobic society that ostracized them. Nor was the U.S. government anxious to acknowledge their paternity and assume responsibility. With the passage of the Homecoming Act, however, the Congress finally, after many years, opened the door to their immigration. The federal authorities settled the Amerasians in cities like Rochester and Utica, provided them with temporary housing in dilapidated asylums and meager vocational training in jobs like motel housekeeping. Ironically, a good many began their new lives accompanied by bogus relatives who had alleged kinship in order to escape their homeland, using the Amerasians like human tickets to America for their own families and themselves. Reunions with fathers were rare. The majority of young adults after a very few months were on their own again. Little had changed for them except that in America they were illiterate in two languages and knew virtually no one. The transition was not easy for any but if the Amerasian children are anything they are survivors, however damaged" -- Jacket flaps.
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650 6 $aEnfants de militaires$zViêt-nam.
650 6 $aEnfants abandonnés$zViêt-nam.
650 6 $aAmérasiens$zÉtats-Unis.
650 6 $aAméricains d'origine vietnamienne.
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651 7 $aAmerikaner.$2swd
653 0 $aAbandoned children$aVietnam
653 0 $aAmerasians$aUnited States
653 0 $aAmerasians$aVietnam
653 0 $aChildren of military personnel$aVietnam
653 0 $aVietnamese Americans
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBass, Thomas A.$tVietnamerica.$dNew York : Soho, ©1996$w(OCoLC)603911969
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a1x8-aa
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=1003
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