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Leaving the House of Ghosts - Oral Histories of Cambodian Refugees in the American Midwest (Paperback) Loot Price: R691
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Leaving the House of Ghosts - Oral Histories of Cambodian Refugees in the American Midwest (Paperback): Sarah Streed

Leaving the House of Ghosts - Oral Histories of Cambodian Refugees in the American Midwest (Paperback)

Sarah Streed

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On April 17, 1975, after five years of civil war, the Khmer Rouge guerrillas invaded Cambodias major cities and forced the residents on a mass exodus to the countryside. Their leader, Pol Pot, established a government based on terror to bring about his dream of an agrarian society where work was done by hand--without what he believed to be corruptive influences. By the time the Vietnamese captured Phnom Penh and ended this brutal experiment in communism in 1979, an estimated two million Cambodians were dead and hundreds of thousands had begun to flee the country for refugee camps in Thailand. Survivors of the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pots reign now living in the Midwest tell their stories in this work. Many of them were children during that time, unable to comprehend exactly what was happening and why, but now able to reveal the trauma they experienced. Noeun Nor and Sinn Lok recollect being wrenched from their families and put into labor camps around the age of five. Prum Noth talks about her mother encouraging her to eat the last grains of her familys rice. Sokhary You remembers giving birth on a mountain without a doctor or hospital and using rusty scissors to cut the umbilical cord.

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Imprint: McFarland & Company
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2002
First published: August 2002
Authors: Sarah Streed
Dimensions: 230 x 145 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-1354-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Refugees & political asylum
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > War crimes > Genocide
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
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LSN: 0-7864-1354-9
Barcode: 9780786413546

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