The Hmong of Australia: Culture and Diaspora

by Nicholas Tapp

The Hmong are among Australia's newest immigrant populations. They came as refugees from Laos after the communist revolution of 1975 ended their life there as highland shifting cultivators. The Hmong originate from southern China where many still remain, and others live in Vietnam, Thailand and Burma. Hmong refugees are now also settled in the USA, Canada, France, Germany and French Guyana. Already the beauty and richness of traditional Hmong culture,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921666943
• ISBN13: 9781921666940
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.7"