Kirsten Smith
2/08/10
US History
Research Project
Annotated Bibliography
The Vietnamese Immigration: A Movement of Immigration
Asian-American Children. Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti. Child Development
Ed. Neil J. Salkind. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. P 27-30. Web
17 Oct. 2009
Facts/Quotes for EQs
“Although
the first immigrants who came to the United States around 1975 were
generally wealthy and quickly established themselves in their new country, immigrants
that followed came from more desperate circumstances, escaping refugee camps and warravaged conditions in their homelands.”
“Recently arrived
immigrant families may struggle with involvement in educational
practices in America because of differences in beliefs about the educational system,
language barriers, and employment demands.”
Evaluation
This wasn’t exactly about Vietnamese Immigration, but it was still good information
about immigration. I didn’t cross-reference any of the information. This is a credible
source because it comes from the Gale Reference Library, also because it talks about
what it was like for immigrant families after moving to a different country. This is a
secondary source.
Immigration to the United States. Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
Ed. John Hartwell Moore.Vol.2. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. p153156.Print. 17 Oct. 2009
Facts/Quotes for EQs
“Finally,
the Immigration Act of 1917 established an “All-Asia Barred Zone,” proscribing
migrations from an area bordered by Afghanistan on the west and the Pacific on the east.
The extension of the exclusions that were already in effect for China, Japan, and Korea to
all of eastern and southern Asia was primarily intended to prohibit migration from British
colonial India”
“These expansive
and rigid restrictions against Asian immigration were coupled with the
absolute omission of Latin American migrations from any specific national-origins or
hemispheric stipulations or regulations.”
Evaluation
This encyclopedia didn’t really help me that much. But it helps me understand the
immigration law better. I don’t completely understand what the Immigration Act of 1917
is. I think this is not a credible source because although it talks about immigration as a
whole, it doesn’t specifically address the immigrants from Vietnam. This is a secondary
source.
Nguyen-Smith, Thuy. Personal Interview. 23 Sept. 2009.
Facts/Quotes for EQs
“I left
because I had no freedom, no choice, and no future”
“I snuck
onto a boat with a family that my parents paid, and I had to pretend I was their
older daughter.”
Evaluation
During this interview I learned about what the communist government was doing in
Vietnam and what they were changing in Vietnam. I think my mom is a credible source
because she experienced what the communist government was doing first-hand. I did
some cross checking to check the name of the places, the camp and the boat was correct.
This is a primary source.
Southeast Asian Americans. Nhi T. Lieu Dictionary of American History.
Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. Vol.7. 3rd ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. p470472.Web. 17 Oct. 2009
Facts/Quotes for EQs
“The majority of
Southeast Asian Americans shares a common immigration history,
which is the legacy of U.S. involvement in the Indochina Conflict (1954–1975), also
known as the Vietnam War.”
“This
population of mainly Vietnamese immigrants was small in number—only a little
over 18,000—and mostly consisted of university students, diplomats, and wives of
American servicemen who entered the country as the war escalated. Dramatic changes in
U.S. Immigration policy occurred after U.S. forces withdrew from Southeast Asia and
communist forces took over Saigon in April 1975.”
Evaluation
This book didn’t have that much information. But I was able to understand what was
happening around the time my mother left Vietnam. Also the reason most of the
Vietnamese left after the Vietnam War. I did cross reference some of the dates to be sure
they had the correct dates. This is a credible source because it talks about why most
people moved and around how many of them did. This is a secondary source.
Vietnamese Americans. Carl L. Bankston, III. Gale Encyclopedia of
Multicultural America
Ed. Jeffrey Lehman. Vol. 3. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2000. p1847-1862. Print. 17 Oct. 2009.
Facts/Quotes for EQs
“The
ethnic Vietnamese, who make up nearly 90 percent of the population, are thought to
be descendants of peoples who migrated into the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam
from southern China.”
“The official
flag is red with a large yellow star in the center, but many
Vietnamese Americans object to this flag, viewing it as an emblem of the
communist government. They identify instead with the flag of former South
Vietnam, which is yellow with three horizontal red stripes in the center.”
Evaluation
This was very helpful because I learned a lot more about what some of the
Vietnamese people thought of the communist government. Also where most of
them went after leaving Vietnam, and about how many Vietnamese went to the
US. I think this is not a credible source because although it talks about Vietnams’
culture, it doesn’t talk about why they would leave their homeland. This is a
secondary source.
Vietnamese, Overseas. Andrew Hardy. Encyclopedia of Modern Asia.
Ed. Karen Christensen and David Levinson. Vol. 6. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
2002. p92-93.Print. 17 Oct. 2009
Facts/Quotes for EQs
“A
second community was formed in the wake of the Vietnam War. At the end of the
war, 140,000 Vietnamese fled with the U.S. forces.”
“Resettlement
policies varied. In China, the 300,000 refugees were sent to state farms
near the border. Western countries, however, attempted to disperse them. Inhabitants of
towns throughout North America, Australia, and Europe remember the arrival of a few
Vietnamese families during the boat-people crisis.”
Evaluation
This helped me a lot. I learned that a lot more Vietnamese families moved after the war
than I originally thought. I also learned where some of the Vietnamese families were sent
over to different countries. I think this could be a credible source because it talks about
how many decided to leave Vietnam and also to what countries most of them went to.
This is a secondary source.