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- catalog abstract "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. Any child who could demonstrate American parentage - if only by the simple evidence of Western features - would be welcome. Relatives too. By then the children's average age was 19. . 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.".
- catalog contributor b9098523.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description ". 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.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Any child who could demonstrate American parentage - if only by the simple evidence of Western features - would be welcome. Relatives too. By then the children's average age was 19.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "278 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Vietnamerica.".
- catalog identifier "1569470502 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Vietnamerica.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Soho Press,".
- catalog relation "Vietnamerica.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog spatial "Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "959.7/00413 20".
- catalog subject "Abandoned children Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "Amerasians United States.".
- catalog subject "Amerasians Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "Children of military personnel Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "DS556.45.A43 B38 1996".
- catalog subject "Vietnamese Americans.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Vietnamerica : the war comes home / Thomas A. Bass.".
- catalog type "text".