Ban Vinai: The Refugee Camp

by Lynellyn D. Long

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231078633
• ISBN13: 9780231078634
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher