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A Bibliography Of Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, And Vietnamese Americans, University Of Massachusetts - Amherst

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

This bibliography is intended as a tentative compilation for the use of students and researchers. The focus is on the migrations of Cambodian, Hmong, Lao and Vietnamese to the United States and their subsequent history in North America, however, selected references dealing with their cultures of origin are also included. Only English language sources are cited and the main emphasis is on formally published materials although some government reports and theses are included.

The basis for this bibliography is the computer file compiled by the Southeast Asian Refugee Studies (SARS) Project at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs of …

Publications On Religions In China, 1981-1989, Alvin P. Cohen

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

The publication of Laurence G. Thompson's Chinese Religion in Western Languages: A Comprehensive and Classified Bibliography of Publications in English, French, and German through 1980 (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1985) was a great milestone in the study of Chinese religions. For the first time, a complete bibliography of English, French and German writings on Chinese religions was assembled into a single research source. The entire field of Chinese religious studies is indebted to Professor Thompson for this extraordinary feat of bibliographic research.

At the request of Professor Julian F. Pas, I compiled "Western Language Publications on Chinese Religions, 1981-1987" …

Hara Tamiki's Land Of My Heart's Desire, Hara Tamiki, Richard H. Minear

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

Hara Tamiki's "Land of My Heart's Desire" is one of the most hauntingly beautiful works of modern Japanese literature. It is also one of the most difficult. The problems lie less in the words themselves than in context and meaning. This essay offers a brief biographical sketch of Hara Tamiki, a new translation, and commentary.

Cambodia: A Guide To Educational And Instructional Resources, University Of Massachusetts - Amherst

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

The Southeast Asian refugee population in western Massachusetts has grown significantly in the past decade. By mid 1988 the Massachusetts Office of Refugees and Immigrants estimated this population in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties to be over 2,100 people. The Cambodian population in western Massachusetts was estimated to be 1,147 people as of December 31, 1988, of which as many as 45% were school-age children in grades K-12. Considering their refugee experience it is not surprising that many of these children lack basic educational skills and content knowledge in their own culture. Despite some remedial education provided in various …

Southeast Asian Refugees In Western Massachusetts: Seen But Not Heard, James A. Hafner, Jeannine Muldoon, Elizabeth Brewer

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

The United States has a long and valued tradition of receiving people from other lands as a result of social and political turmoil. This policy has been reaffirmed frequently in the last quarter century with the arrival of refugees from such geographically diverse locations as Eastern Europe, Cuba, Southeast Asia, and Central America. Perhaps, Southeast Asians have experienced greater national and personal tragedy than any other group of refugees arriving in this country in recent memory. It is specifically this population and their resettlement and adjustment to life in Western Massachusetts which is the subject of this report. These issues …

A Far World Comes Near: The Kingdom Of Laos And Laotian Americans, University Of Massachusetts - Amherst

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

Intentionally, this exhibit divides into worlds Before and After. The photographs from Laos were taken before the lndochina War of the 1960's. American military served in Southeast Asia in what most of us now see, in retrospect, as a misconceived imperial venture inserted within a series of lndochinese civil wars. lt brought great tragedy to all concerned' ln documenting everyday life in Laos as it used to be, we provide a frame of reference, a traditional perspective for viewing life in that far away world. ln taking this viewpoint we do not gloss over the tragedies of past wars and …

Adolescent Sexuality And Family Planning Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude And Behavior: Taiwan, George P. Cernada, Ming-Cheng Chang, Hui-Sheng Lin, Te-Hsiung Sun

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

The Government has carried out an active family planning education and contraceptive service program which has helped cut Taiwan's natural increase rate in half in twenty years (from 1963’s 3.0%. to less than 1.6% in 1983). Nevertheless, the population has increased from 1953's 12 million to nearly 19 million in 1983. To continue this fertility decline, the program is considering focusing more efforts on the adolescent group (15-19) whose births comprised 6-8% of all during the past few years. In addition to demographic policy, there has recently been more awareness of social problems occurring as a result of an increase …

Adolescent Sexuality: Implications For National Policy On Secondary School Education In An East Asian Setting, George P. Cernada, Ming-Cheng Chang, Hui-Sheng Lin, Te-Hsiung Sun

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

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River Road Through Laos: Reflections Of The Mekong, James A. Hafner, Joel M. Halpern, Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

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Don't Forget, It's A Small Island: A Case Study Of Population Policy And Research Utilization, Geroge P. Cernada

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

This case study describes, from a participant's viewpoint, the chronological unfolding of Taiwan's first island-wide population education approach in the classroom. Cultural, bureaucratic and political obstacles to change and their complex interaction are discussed. A commentary and suggestions for discussion are included.

Ryokan: Poems From A Man Who Preferred Solitude, Jean Moore

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

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Helen Mears, Asia, And American Asianists, Richard H. Minear

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

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Salt, Seasons And Sampans: Riverine Trade And Trqansport In Central Thailand, James A. Hafner

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

Introduction

Since Sir John Bowring first recorded these impressions of the central plain of Thailand in the middle of the last, century, time has unalterably changed the context of his account, though not entirely its accuracy. The ‘feracious jungle’ which covered much of the lower central plain in Bowring's time began to disappear under the plow of the Thai peasant farmer in the latter decades of the last century. By 1900 the landscape had been almost entirely converted to an intensive system of irrigated wet-padi production for export. The establishrnent and growth of this commercial agricultural economy has resulted in …

The Old Man: A Biographical Account Of A Lao Villager, Fred Branfman

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

This paper is a companion piece to The Village of the Deep Pond,Bari Xa Phang Meuk, Laos issued by the Asian Studies Committee in 1978 as Occasional Paper No.3. Both studies grow out of the work of Fred Branfman who resided in a village, nine kilometers from downtown Vientiane, the capital and major city of Laos. He spent approximately a year and a half in the community during 1968-69. Although he was not a trained social scientist, he was a good observer, knew the language, and had worked in U.S. government aid programs as a member of the International Voluntary …

Basic Beliefs About A New Human Life And Ethical Judgment: Family Planning Field Workers In Taiwan, Geroge P. Cernada

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

INTRODUCTION

Taiwan's place among the population hierarchy remains dwarfed by the shadow of China's nearly billion people. Yet Taiwan's population exceeds 17 minion and as such cis larger than that of most African, (e.g., Ghana, Kenya, Uganda), most Latin American (e.g., Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemela, Venezuala), and many Asian countries. Indeed, its exceptional family planning efforts, begun in 1964 on an island-wide basis, have been instrumental in lowering its natural increase rate from 30 per 1,000 in 1963 to 19 by 1973. This drop from 3% to less than 2% in a decade has been a remarkable achievement. The island, …

The Good Empire: Japan's New Order At Home And Abroad, Stephen E. Pelz

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

PREFATORY NOTE

The Area Studies Programs within the International Programs Office of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst initiated in 1976 a series of Occasional papers to provide an outlet for both informal and formal scholarly works of a generci interest to the University community. In 1978 the first numbers in this series devoted to issues and themes related to Asia were introduced under the sponsorship of the Asian Studies Committee at the University. The initial three papers deal with topics in Japan, China and Laos. In future papers topics will be presented which encompass the major regions of Asia; …

The Village Of The Deep Pond, Ban Xa Phang Meuk, Laos, Fred Branfman

Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers

Fred Branfman has a long and unique perspective on the people and events which have overtaken Laos. His residence in the country has spanned some of the most turbulent and enigmatic years this small land-locked nation in mainland Southeast Asia has probably ever experienced. Since he first lived in Xa Phang Meuk between late 1967 and mid 1969 a long period of political instability and conflict has ended, at least temporarily. In the summer of 1975, just months after the fall of South Vietnam and Cambodia, Laos became the last of these three former colonial states of French Indochina to …