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A fascinating book by a Vietnamese American examining his own cultural roots and discovering his bicultural identity. Part memoir and part scholarly analysis, the author offers a breath-taking behind-the-scene look at the Sino-Vietnamese culture with clarity and depth in the tradition of Joseph Campbell.

While offering the reader an amazing array of information about the four thousand year-old cultural heritage, this book confronts sensitive issues of religion, politics, cultural conflicts and societal dysfunction with the compassion and realism of a social worker and the humility of a former refugee.

This unique work can only be delivered by someone living in the in-between world of East and West. It is a one-of-a-kind reading to be cherished by both Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese alike.This is truly a ground-breaking work. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Joseph Cao, Viet D. Dinh, Madison Nguyen, Hong Tran, Janet Nguyen, Tan D. Nguyen, Van Tran, Mina Nguyen, Tony Lam, Hubert Vo, John Quoc Duong, Wendy Duong. Excerpt:Hong Thi Tran Hong Thi Tran (born May 5, 1966) was a candidate in the Washington Democratic Party primary election for the United States Senate in 2006, challenging incumbent Maria Cantwell . Tran received more than five percent of the Democratic vote, and her differing views from those of Maria Cantwell (on the Iraq War in particular) drew the attention of the news media and local progressives . Tran is the first Vietnamese American in the state to run for U.S. Senate, and possibly the first in the country to do so, according to Carol Vu of the Northwest Asian Weekly, who considered Tran's campaign to be "historic." Biography Tran's family lived in Saigon , South Vietnam from her birth until they fled the country during the fall of her home city to the Communist forces in the spring of 1975, when she was almost eight years old. They escaped on a boat , then were picked up by a US Navy vessel. They were moved through various refugee camps, eventually making it to the United States , and settling in Orlando , Florida . Tran earned a Bachelor of Arts from Agnes Scott College in Decatur , Georgia , in 1988. After taking a year off to earn money for tuition, she attended law school at the University of Utah College of Law, receiving her Juris Doctor in 1992. Tran's start in the non-profit legal services field started during law school, when she began volunteering at Utah Legal Services, a nonprofit agency providing free civil legal services to low-income families. There she specialized in payday loans , fair debt collection , unemployment compensation , child custody , and domestic violence issues. After graduation, she... ... Read more

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The morning mist sits thick on the sea as a Vietnamese- American boy and his father climb onto their fishing boat. During the day, the father begins to teach his son how to haul in the shrimp that are so important to the family's livelihood. As the two work, the father's thoughts drift to his own father, half a world away, who works on a different kind of boat in the South China seas.

In lyrical prose, the author explores three generations of fishermen separated by time and place, but united by experience. Ted Rand's gorgeous watercolors capture theirlove of working on the water.

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Beautifully illustrated story about Vietnamese Fishermen.
Vietnamese culture is explored in this book about a family of three generations of fishermen.A man takes his son on his first shrimp fishing run.The son begins to follow in his father's footsteps.While out on theboat, the son finds out that his grandfather was also a fisherman as well. But, due to the Civil Wars in Vietnam both the father and the grandfatherwere separated.And the boy's father hasn't seen his own father since hewas his son's age.This makes the son wonder if his grandfather passed thetrade onto his own father in the same way.This book is beautifullyillustrated with soft muted colors on rag stock.I recommend this book forany school or public library. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 8096 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Contains 8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish. Each essay lists organizations and research centers; name, address, and contact information for periodicals, radio, and television stations; and a further readings section. ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Vovinam, Qwan Ki Do, Vo Binh Dinh, Nhat Nam, Cuong Nhu, Viet Tai Chi, Vo Dao Vietnam, Việt-Võ-Đạo, Viet Vu Dao, Vo Thuat, Tu-Thân. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Vovinam (Vietnamese: , , Martial Arts of Vietnam) is a Vietnamese martial art. Vovinam is practiced with and without weapons. It is based on the principle of between hard and soft. It includes training of the body as well as the mind. It uses force and reaction of the opponent. Vovinam also includes hand, elbow, kicks, escape- and levering techniques. Both attack and defense techniques are trained, as well as forms, combat and traditional wrestling. The wide range of techniques include punching, kicking etc. as well as forms, wrestling, sword, staff, axe, folding fan and others. Self defense techniques cover defense against weaponless attacks like choking from behind and defense against attacks with knife or sword. Advanced students learn to combine the techniques and learn to defend themselves against armed opponents. Instructors train traditional weapons like the long stick, short stick, knife, sword and sabre. Thereby the weapons serve as training devices for reaching optimal control of body and mind. The Yin ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Joseph Cao, Yen Ngoc Do, Tuan Vo-Dinh, Trung Dung, Hung Pham, Hồ Thành Việt. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Anh "Joseph" Quang Cao (Vietnamese: ; English pronunciation: ; born March 13, 1967 in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a New Orleans lawyer and the current U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. On December 6, 2008, Cao defeated nine-term Democratic U.S. Representative William Jefferson with 49.6 percent of the vote to Jefferson's 46.8 percent. Cao is the first Vietnamese American, as well as the first native of Vietnam, to serve in Congress, and the first Republican to serve in his district since 1890; his district usually votes overwhelmingly Democratic. Cao is the least affluent member of Louisiana's delegation (including the state's two senators) in Congress: as of 2009 his assets were no greater than $195,000 and his potential liabilities mounting to $215,000, including student loans for himself and his wife. Cao previously ran unsuccessfully as an independent for District 103 of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He was a delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention during Hurricane Gustav, during which time his home was flooded. At the time of his election to Congress, Cao was a member of the Orleans Parish Board of Election Supervisors, appointed to the Board by Governor Bobby Jindal. A devout Roman Catholic, Cao served as a board member for Mary Queen of Vietnam Catholic Church's Community Development Corporation which assists Vietnamese-Americans with hurricane relief, and is a member of the National Advisory Council of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Cao's father, My Quang Cao (born 1931), was a lieutenant in the South Vietnamese Army Soldier and w...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20101418 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, published by Western Michigan University, School of Social Work on September 1, 2003. The length of the article is 8308 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Spousal abuse: Vietnamese children's reports of parental violence.
Author: Yoko Baba
Publication: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2003
Publisher: Western Michigan University, School of Social Work
Volume: 30Issue: 3Page: 97(27)

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Saito's study of Vietnamese-American high school students finds that motivational behaviors contributing to achievement are associated with closer affiliation with Vietnamese identity, as measured by language, generational status, endogamy views, and peer group selection. Other factors associated with achievement are the students' educational aspirations, use of time, and involvement in school. As in previous studies of Vietnamese students, socio-economic status in the United States does not predict achievement; however, the mothers' status in Vietnam, measured by education and occupation, has a gender specific correlation for female student achievement. Educational opportunity in the United States represents a greater socio-cultural shift for females, who had fewer opportunities in Vietnam, than their male counterparts. ... Read more

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When his folks host a Vietnamese family that has come to settle in their town, Harvey enjoys Americanizing twelve-year-old Tuan. ... Read more

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The two best friends
This story takes place in 1985 at Zito`s house. Quint was his best friend. He always ate breakfast over there. He always carried a marble with him and they go to school and when they come home he had to eat dinner over Zito`s house. So they go and have fun eating stuff.

This story is mostly about two boys that always make jokes all the time about scrambled eggs. And is a story about food all they eat. Then Zito lost his marble and he said that Quint stole his marble but Quint did not take it. He told the teacher that Quint stole the marble that he liked so they started to yell at each other. Then school was out so they went home then Zito said he was very sorry. He said that he left the marble at his house so they became friends again

In my opinion this story was not that bad it was kind ofboring but it was goodnot awesome but who cares about marbles and eggs.

fried eggs
Hello my name is scrabbled eggs is about a Vietnamese family comes and lives with Harvey Trumble and his family. The Vietnamese family comes to America because they are trying to stay away from the Vietnam War. There is a kid Harvey's age in the family and his name is Tuan Nguyen. Some things in America are new to Tuan, like a hair dryer, Tuan thinks it's a gun. He also thinks that hot dogs are really made out of dogs. My favorite part in the book is when they T.P. they town pig (statue) and get caught and Tuan has to figure out if he still wants to be friends with Harvey or not. If you want to find out if he does read this book.

Harvey Trumble and Tuan Nguyen, best friends forever!
When Tuan Nguyen and his family move from Vietnam to America, Harvey Trumble knows that him and Tuan will be best friends!Harvey teaches Tuan english, and how to use a fork, and things are going great, untill Harvey makes a choice for the worse.They get caught TPing the pig statue by the police.Tuan starts to think that maybe being Harvey's friend isn't a very good idea, and he befriends Quint, Harvey's enimey. I would tell you more, but i think you should read the book.I would reccomend it to kids who like books about friendship!Happy reading!
-Caitlin

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Hello, My Name Is Scrambled Eggs
This story was about a family from Vietnam and Harvey Trumble�s family is trying to help them figure their way around America to see how they pay their bills. Harvey is trying to help the family�s son, Tuan Nguyen, Tuan is going to school with Harvey and he is trying to help him find his way through it. Harvey showed Tuan how to write letters speck English, and shows him how to eat at lunch. Until the end of the book, Tuan is now able to do all that things that Harvey can do. Therefore, whateverHarvey does or wherever he goes� Tuan is always behind him.

Hello, My Name Is Scrambled Eggs
Do you like books about young people meeting other people from other countries? Reading Jamie Gilson Hello, My Name Is Scrambled Eggs will help you do just that. The main character, Harvey, and his family had to bring a family from another country in their home.The family that had to live with Harvey and his family were a family from Vietnam. He was so happy tohave someone of his own age living with him.Harvey had to bring him tohis school, and there the boy would have to go to school everyday. The boybecomes a good friend with Harvey.Harvey would help the boy speak betterEnglish.What I enjoyed about the book was when Harvey would teach the boyabout English on the computer.Another part of the book that I enjoyed waswhen Harvey started to become better friends with the boy and his family. I think someone should read this book if someone was interested in seeinghow it is like to have someone from another country living with him or herand what they were going through. I also believe that if someone was tobeing someone into his or her home, that person should participate in thefamily's beliefs. The person should also participate in activities that thefamily enjoys. Harvey helped the boy very much to understand the Englishlanguage.The boy would also participate in the activities that theHarvey's family had done with him.The boy liked where he lived as well asHarvey having a new friend living with him.I would also let someone fromanother country live with my family and I do understand what it would belike to live in a different place. ... Read more