Describes Beiser's ten-year study of 1,300 Boat People admitted to Canada between 1979 and 1981 and chronicles the former refugees' struggles to establish themselves in their new environment. A remarkable study with profoundly human dimensions.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 305.895/9071
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781442680234 0802042821
- LCCN
- F1035.S66
- LCCN Item number
- B44 1999eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOTU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 214 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00600528 (OCoLC)288091187 (CaOOCEL)417928
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOTU
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Preface: The Costs and Benefits of Compassion 10
- Acknowledgments 16
- 1 Adapting in a New World 20
- 2 Where Did the Refugees Come From? 27
- 3 Southeast Asian Refugees in Canada: Forced to Rely on the Kindness of Others 37
- 4 Migration, Resettlement, and Mental Health: Models and Measures 71
- 5 How Much Disorder and Who Is at Risk? 98
- 6 The Stresses of Resettlement 112
- 7 Social Support and Mental Health 129
- 8 Splitting Time to Handle Stress 141
- 9 Profiles of Success 163
- 10 Please See Screaming 181
- References 204
- Index 226
- A 226
- B 226
- C 226
- D 227
- E 227
- F 228
- G 228
- H 228
- I 228
- L 228
- M 228
- N 229
- O 229
- P 229
- Q 229
- R 230
- S 230
- T 230
- U 231
- V 231
- W 231
- X 231
