Immigrant Agency: Hmong American Movements and the Politics of Racialized Incorporation

by Yang Sao Xiong

Through a sociological analysis of Hmong former refugees' grassroots movements in the United States between the 1990s and 2000s, Immigrant Agency shows how Hmong, despite being one of America's most economically impoverished ethnic groups, were able to make sustained claims on and have their interests represented in public policies. The author, Yang Sao Xiong argues that the key to understanding how immigrants incorporate themselves politically is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978824041
• ISBN13: 9781978824041
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher