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River Road Through Laos: Reflections Of The Mekong, James A. Hafner, Joel M. Halpern, Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern
River Road Through Laos: Reflections Of The Mekong, James A. Hafner, Joel M. Halpern, Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern
James A Hafner
No abstract provided.
War, Forced Displacement And Growth In Laotian Adults, Patrick F. Clarkin
War, Forced Displacement And Growth In Laotian Adults, Patrick F. Clarkin
Patrick F. Clarkin
Background: Evidence from several populations suggests
that war negatively impacts civilian nutrition, physical growth and overall health. This effect is often enduring or permanent, particularly if experienced early in life.
Aim: To assess whether the number of lifetime displacement
experiences and being displaced in infancy were associated with adult height, sitting height, leg length and the sitting height ratio.
Subjects and methods: Retrospective questionnaires on
displacement and resettlement experiences and
anthropometric data were collected from a sample of Laotian adult refugees (ethnic Hmong and Lao; n ¼ 365). All were born in Laos or Thailand and had resettled in French …
Adiposity And Height Of Adult Hmong Refugees: Relationship With War-Related Early Malnutrition And Later Migration, Patrick Clarkin
Adiposity And Height Of Adult Hmong Refugees: Relationship With War-Related Early Malnutrition And Later Migration, Patrick Clarkin
Patrick F. Clarkin
This study investigated whether historical proxies for poor nutrition early in life were associated with differences in body composition and height among adult Hmong refugees. Life history and anthropometric data were collected from a sample of 279 Hmong aged 18–51 years who were born in Laos or Thailand and resettled in French Guiana or the United States following the Second Indochina War. Overall, 30.5% were born in a war zone in Laos, while 38.8% were displaced as infants; these individuals were presumed to have experienced malnutrition in the perinatal and infant periods, respectively. Resettlement in urban areas in the US …
Japan And Transformation Of National Identities In The Imperial Era, Li Narangoa, Robert Cribb
Japan And Transformation Of National Identities In The Imperial Era, Li Narangoa, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
Japan's view of the nationality of its Asian neightbours took many forms during the imperial era. In some respects Japan asserted its superiority to those neighbours, in other respects saw them as nations with a standing equal to that of Japan. The working out of these two views reflected Japanese strategic interests.
Laos: Beyond The Revolution, Joel Halpern
Refugees As Immigrants: Cambodians, Laotians And Vietnamese In America.; The Boat People And Achievement In America: A Study Of Family Life, Hard Work, And Cultural Values [Book Review], Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
Laos: Politics, Economics, And Society; Laos: A Bibliography, Joel Halpern
Laos: Politics, Economics, And Society; Laos: A Bibliography, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
Poppies, Pipes, And People: Opium And Its Use In Laos, Joel Halpern
Poppies, Pipes, And People: Opium And Its Use In Laos, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
The Village Of The Deep Pond: Ban Xa Phang Meuk, Laos; The Old Man: A Biographical Account Of A Lao Villager (Book Review), Joel Halpern
The Village Of The Deep Pond: Ban Xa Phang Meuk, Laos; The Old Man: A Biographical Account Of A Lao Villager (Book Review), Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
Education And Nation-Building In Laos, Joel Halpern, Marilyn C. Tinsman
Education And Nation-Building In Laos, Joel Halpern, Marilyn C. Tinsman
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
Laos, Future Prospects And Their Limitations, Joel Halpern
Laos, Future Prospects And Their Limitations, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
This article is not an attempt to assess the contemporary (1965) situation in Laos or to deal in detail with the politics of the immediate past. Our task is, rather, to outline briefly some of the most crucial factors which will play an important role in shaping the country's future.
Conflict In Laos: The Politics Of Neutralization, Joel Halpern
Conflict In Laos: The Politics Of Neutralization, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
Laos And America: A Retrospective View, Joel Halpern
Laos And America: A Retrospective View, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
Economy And Society Of Laos: A Brief Survey, Joel Halpern
Economy And Society Of Laos: A Brief Survey, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
Like the preceding monograph in this series, the present study is based on field data and basic statistical materials obtained in the course of the year 1957, spent as a field representative for the American aid mission in Luang Prabang in northern Laos, and in 1959 during a second visit as a consultant to the RAND Corporation. in addition to field work, several years of intermittent research have been devoted to going through available literature ands consulting individuals who have worked in Laos.Essentially, this is an attempt to integrate what is known about northern and central Laos from a socioeconomic …
Observations On The Social Structure Of The Lao Elite, Joel Halpern
Observations On The Social Structure Of The Lao Elite, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
Laos Profiles, Joel Halpern
American Policy In Laos, Joel Halpern
American Policy In Laos, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
In the past years the American government has been involved in attempting to prevent Laos from becoming a Communist state. In Laos our extensive military aid and policies is manipulating the country but little is known about the effects on the Laos values.
Laotian Agricultural Statistics, Joel Halpern
An Annotated Bibliography On The Peoples Of Laos And Northern Thailand [Selected Sources In English, French And Japanese], Joel Halpern
An Annotated Bibliography On The Peoples Of Laos And Northern Thailand [Selected Sources In English, French And Japanese], Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
Population Statistics And Associated Data In Laos, Joel Halpern
Population Statistics And Associated Data In Laos, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
The Role Of The Chinese In Lao Society, Joel Halpern
The Role Of The Chinese In Lao Society, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
The Natural Economy Of Laos, Joel Halpern
The Natural Economy Of Laos, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
This paper surveys the situation existing prior to 1960 and does not consider changes that have occurrer since the outbreak of the Lao civil war. For agricultural statistics see Laos Project Paper No. 9
Government Statistics In Laos, Joel Halpern
Laotian Health Statistics, Joel Halpern
Laotian Educational Statistics, Joel Halpern
Geographic, Demographic, And Ethnic Background Of Laos, Joel Halpern
Geographic, Demographic, And Ethnic Background Of Laos, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
The Rural And Urban Economies In Laos, Joel Halpern
The Rural And Urban Economies In Laos, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
No abstract provided.
Laotian Health Problems, Joel Halpern
Laos And Her Tribal Problems, Joel M. Halpern
Kingdom Of Laos [Book Review], Joel Halpern