Building Little Saigon by Erica Allen-Kim - 9781477329719

Building Little SaigonRefugee Urbanism in American Cities and Suburbs\nAuthor(s): Erica Allen-Kim\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9781477329719, 978-1477329719\nSynopsis\nAn in-depth look at the diverging paths of Vietnamese American communities, or Little Saigons, in Americas built environment.\n\n In the final days before the fall of Saigon in 1975, 125,000 Vietnamese who were evacuated or who made their own way out of the country resettled in the United States. Finding themselves in unfamiliar places yet still connected in exile, these refugees began building their own communities as memorials to a lost homeland. Known both officially and unofficially as Little Saigons, these built landscapes offer space for everyday activities as well as the staging of cultural heritage and political events. \n\nBuilding Little Saigon examines nearly fifty years of city building by Vietnamese Americans-who numbe.