Description: This volume introduces the reader to an important set of newcomers to America. Two overview chapters introduce the U.S. refugee program and the general patterns in resettlement and adaptation. The heart of the book includes chapters on the largest refugee groups who have settled in the United States since World War II, including Afghans, ethnic Chinese from Southeast Asia, Cubans, Eastern European refugees, Ethiopians and Eritreans, Haitians, Hmong, Iranians, Khmer, Lao, Soviet Jews, and Vietnamese. The final chapters provide additional comparative documentation of the refugee experience, a review of documentaries on refugee adaptation, and an extensive annotated bibliography.
Review Quotes: "Updating an earlier survey, Refugees in the United States, ..this volume discusses in a timely manner one of the most controversial issues in the 1996 election campaign and in the current US Congress: the role of refugees in US life, and legislation and public opinion concerning them.... Besides discussing issues of concern to all immigrant refugees, this survey examines in detail the history, background, and individual problems and status of 14 different groups including Cubans, Haitians, Chinese, Afghans, and various other Asian, African, and Eastern European groups...a useful work for reference."-Choice