01815nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10386651 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070205s2007 hiu sb s001 0 eng 2007002858 9780824830953 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)256627778 n-us--- a-cc--- a-ls--- LC3501.H56 D83 2007eb 371.829/95942 22 Duffy, John, 1955- Writing from these roots [electronic resource] : literacy in a Hmong-American community / John Duffy. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2007. xiv, 241 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Lost books and broken promises: the Hmong people in China and Laos -- Rumors, ropes, and redemptions: Hmong writing systems in China and Laos -- Never to hold a pencil: the problem with "preliteracy" -- Other gods and countries: Hmong literacy development in Laos -- Writing Hmong Americans: reading and writing in the United States -- Hmong Americans rewriting: testimony, gender, and civic life. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Hmong Americans Education. Literacy Social aspects United States. Hmong language Writing History. Hmong (Asian people) China. Hmong (Asian people) Laos. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10386651 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 101062 101062