"This survey of Hmong history and culture answers a keenly felt need for a study that combines comprehensive coverage with concise scope". -- C.T. Yates, Earlham College

Hmong: History of a People

Politics & Social Sciences

Quincy, Keith

Social Sciences

Eastern Washington Univ Pr

Follows the history and tradition of the Hmong people, from their early settlements in China through their contribution to the war in Vietnam. Details Hmong origins, their relations with other tribal minorities, and their alliance with the French in Indochina, and discusses aspects of traditional Hmong society such as opium cultivation, farming, and shamanism. Includes chapters on the Fall of Tonkin, Captain Vang Pao, and Hmong immigration in Thailand and the US. Contains b&amp;w photos and drawings. Distributed by Paul &amp; Co. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

History

Asia

Univ of Washington Pr

America's secret war in Laos from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s sounds like the stuff of conspiracy theories, but it actually happened. Keith Quincy uncovers the secret war America denied for over 30 years. From the Hmong's war of independence with France to America's use of Laos as a military staging point during the Vietnam War, the Hmong were exploited because of their geographic location and passive culture. "Harvesting Pa Chay's Wheat" traces the history that led to the mass exodus of the Hmong people and their immigration into neighbouring Thailand and the United States in the early 1980s. Keith Quincy is professor of government at Eastern Washington University. He is the author of "Hmong: History of a People" and other books.

Harvesting Pa Chay's Wheat: The Hmong and America's Secret War in Laos

U.S. military personnel their funding funneled through the CIA began operating covertly in Laos in 1957, training and leading troops against communist insurgents. Later, as America's involvement in Vietnam escalated, Laos was the focus of one of the largest and least publicized bombing campaigns in military history. Most of the soldiers in the CIA's clandestine army were Hmong hill tribesmen, 35,000 of whom were killed in battle; almost one-third of the Hmong, most of them non-combatants, died during the war from disease or starvation. After the communist Pathet Lao took control in 1975, the Hmong were herded into concentration camps. Over the next 10 years nearly half the Hmong people fled Laos, many eventually immigrating to the US. Quincy (government, Eastern Washington U.) traces these events within the larger context of Laotian national politics under French, American, and Vietnamese domination. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Eastern Washington University Press

Though there are slightly more than six million Hmong worldwide, relatively few Americans know much about them. The Hmong people, who steadfastly retained many of their cultural traditions though they settled extensively in China, were forced to become perpetual migrants and montagnards, due to relentless persecution by the Chinese, who considered all but Chinese culture uncivilized. Most Hmong today live in China, Laos, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma, and are all descendants (it is speculated) of Hmong who originally migrated from central Siberia. Following the Second World War, the Hmong of northern Vietnam and Laos allied themselves with the French, and later the U.S., to fight against the Vietnamese communists. Nearly a third of the Laotian Hmong perished in combat or died from starvation and disease caused by war. After the communist takeover, thousands more Hmong died in concentration camps, perished in rebellions, or were killed trying to escape to Thailand. Of those who did escape, more than eighty thousand resettled in the U.S. If Americans have a concept of the existence of the Hmong people at all, they think of them as victims. Many have a certain degree of sympathy for them, but few understand the Hmong as a unique race with a rich heritage. Indeed, the involvement of the Hmong in the Laotian war was only a single incident in the long saga of the Hmong as a people. Hmong: History of a People is a detailed rediscovery of this saga, following Hmong history and tradition from their early settlements in China, up to and including much of their contribution to the war in Vietnam. It is a book of struggle, prowess, and magic, and it reiterates the importance of cultural memory for any race, and specifically the importance of that memory for the Hmong.

Hmong

Plato has the reputation for being difficult, particularly among modern readers outside philosophical circles. This volume appraoches Plato's works from a completely different perspective. Assuming some prior knowledge of Plato, Quincy presents `condensed' translations of parts of the texts, revealing the central arguments, while omitting his `mind-numbing' garnishes and `absurdities'. The extracts are translated into very readable English, with no notes (except for occasional historical notes) and are sometimes introduced by a brief discussion that sets the scene, turning these dialogues into dramatic pieces, full of context.

Plato Unmasked: The Dialogues Made New

Ancient Civilizations

University of Washington Press

Samuel

Literature & Fiction

Gpj Books

Der is the incredible true account of a Hmong man and his people, a riveting story of a magical birth, of hope, courage, war, wonder, murder, human struggle and mirth. This rich and colorful tapestry of human life weaves together Hmong spirituality with what we think of as reality.

Der: A True Story

Vue, See

Religion & Spirituality

Plato Unmasked offers readers Plato's dialogues in condensed translations that (1) preserve the flavor of the original Greek and (2) enable the general reader or student to easily follow the thread of Plato's arguments, which are the source of our ideas on romantic love, immortality of the soul, heaven and hell, divine judgment, social contract, political science, felicific calculus, penal reform, equality of women, child rearing (including prenatal care and the importance of rocking infants), universal education (divided into kindergarten, elementary school, and high school), eugenics, behavioral conditioning, professional military, urban planning, marriage counseling, regulation of environmental pollution, and state-mandated care for the aged and insane, to name only a few. This book will appeal to students, teachers, and readers studying Plato who want to easily follow his arguments but at the same time gain insight into the characters of the dialogues and their lives.

Philosophy

Though there are slightly more than six million Hmong worldwide, relatively few Americans know much about them. The Hmong people, who steadfastly retained many of their cultural traditions though they settled extensively in China, were forced to become perpetual migrants and montagnards, due to relentless persecution by the Chinese, who considered all but Chinese culture uncivilized. Most Hmong today live in China, Laos, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma, and are all descendants (it is speculated) of Hmong who originally migrated from central Siberia. Hmong: History of a People is a detailed rediscovery of their saga, following Hmong history and tradition from their early settlements in China, up to and including much of their contribution to the war in Vietnam. It is a book of struggle, prowess, and magic, and it reiterates the importance of cultural memory for any race and specifically the importance of the memory for the Hmong. (2016-06-21)

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Hmong: History of a People

Hmong: History of a People

Harvesting Pa Chay's Wheat: The Hmong and America's Secret War in Laos

Harvesting Pa Chay's Wheat: The Hmong and America's Secret War in Laos

Hmong

Plato Unmasked: The Dialogues Made New

Samuel

Der: A True Story

Plato Unmasked: The Dialogues Made New

Hmong: History of a People