Not just victims : conversations with Cambodian community leaders in the United States / edited and with an introduction by Sucheng Chan ; interviews by Audrey U. Kim.

Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2003.

ISBN: 025202799X (Cloth : alk. paper)
0252071018 (Paper : alk. paper)

Description: xxvii, 299 p. ; 24 cm.

Series: Asian American experience

Subject: Cambodian Americans Social conditions Case studies.
Cambodian Americans Psychology Case studies.
Cambodian Americans Interviews.
Refugees United States Interviews.
Political atrocities Cambodia History 20th century Anecdotes.
Cambodia History 1975-1979 Anecdotes.

Contents: Long Beach, California, the capital of Cambodian America / Him S. Chhim -- On Buddhism and psychotherapy / Chhean Kong -- Law enforcement issues / Samthoun Cittapalo -- How Massachusetts became a refugee-friendly state / Daniel M. Lam -- Lowell, Massachusetts, the "Long Beach of the east coast" / Samkhann Khoeun -- Getting established in Fall River, Massachusetts / Sambath Rim -- Cambodians in Philadelphia / Samien Nol -- The Cambodian Network Council / Sam-Ang Sam -- Cambodians in Portland, Oregon / Sokhom Tauch -- Cambodians in Tacoma, Washington / Hay S. Meas -- A holistic approach to mental health / Dharamuni Phala Svy Chea -- The Khmer Krom / Bunroeun Thach.