Refugees in America in the 1990s ― A Reference Handbook

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.

DAVID W. HAINES who has a Ph.D. in social anthropology, has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level and has served as a research and policy analyst for the federal refugee program./e He is the editor ofRefugees in the United States (Greenwood, 1985) and Refugees as Immigrants: Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese in America (1989). He is currently a senior manager in state government and an advisory board member to the refugee and immigration services program of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond.