Ban Vinai: The Refugee Camp by Long, Lynellyn D

Columbia University Press, 1992. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Columbia University Press, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Binding firm, cover shiny, interior clean and unmarked. A first-person account of life in a single camp that portrays the daily existence of its Hmong and lowland Lao residents within the broader contours of international refugee policy. *** 242 pp. *** Index, biblio.

Irvington, New York, U.S.A.: Columbia Univ Pr, 1993. Gd. condition - Life in an Cambodian refugee camp ... (KT88683z). Soft Cover. Good.

Columbia University Press, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Lynellyn Long documents the reality of daily life in Ban Vinai, a refugee camp in northeast Thailand. Based on the author's ethnographic experience of living and working in the camp, the book offers rich narrative descriptions of the lives of the Hmong and lowland Lao refugees. Long describes the lives of five families over the course of a year, recounting interactions with camp relief workers and the complexities of the larger relief system, how their family relationships and social roles change as a result of camp life, and their desires and expectations of the future. Long explores the effects of long-term residence in the camp, where many of the refugees have lived for more than ten years because of the lack of a permanent international solution. She shows that although the camps provide urgently needed aid, they foster a sense of powerlessness, isolation and dislocation that can radically alter the lives of the inhabitants. The book… Read More

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Columbia Univ Pr, 1993. Paperback. New. 242 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Columbia University Press, 1992-04-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!