Hmong-Related Works, 1996-2006: An Annotated Bibliography

The Hmong were first in southwest China, and only began their migration to southeast Asia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Now they largely reside in America, and they constitute one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups, more than doubling in number between 1990 and 2005. Given their fascinating history it is no wonder that written works, multimedia materials and websites about them now abound. Pfeifer (librarian, Texas A&M U.) offers about 600 entries with full reference information including links to websites that cover Hmong culture, language, traditional religions and Christianity, music and storytelling, embroidery and clothing, cultural arts, the war in Laos and refugee resettlement, families, parenting and gender, housing, socioeconomic incorporation, cultural adaptation, race relations, the law, political incorporation, literacy and education, physical and mental health, juvenile literature and written materials, personal narratives, fiction and poetry, multimedia and Internet resources. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Mark Pfeifer is an Academic Librarian at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi. From 2000-2006, he worked at the Hmong Cultural Center in St. Paul, where he developed the Hmong Resource Center Library, an extensive collection of Hmong-related academic works.