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Boat People
by Carina Hoang
Price $45.00 
- About the Book
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Published by Carina Hoang Communications
The years 1975 to 1996 were witness to the largest mass migration in modern history when more than a million people left war-torn Vietnam by boat in search of safety.
Thousands perished when their boats fell apart en route, others succumbed to starvation, dehydration and cold-blooded attacks by Thai pirates.
Combining autobiographical accounts from survivors with evocative images and ephemera from the time, this book is a moving account of the boat people experience – the perilous sea journey, the time spent in refugee camps and the final journey to new adopted homelands. Boat People is a compelling plea for compassion in our dealings with asylum seekers today.
- Categories
- Current Affairs, Culture & Social History, Art & Photography, Biography & Autobiography
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Edition
- 1
- Publisher
- Carina Hoang Communications
- ISBN13
- 9780646542911
- HB/PB
- Hardback
- Format
- Large Format Illustrated
- Pages
- 240
- Height x Width mm
- 210 x 300
- Sample Chapter
- loc_mai.pdf
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