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Format: 1 online resource (231 pages) : , illustrations, maps

ISBN: 9781442680234 (e-book)

Additional Edition: Print version: Beiser, Morton. Strangers at the gate : the "Boat People's" first ten years in Canada. Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, c1999 ISBN 9780802081179

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781442680234

Content: Describes Beiser's ten-year study of 1,300 Boat People admitted to Canada between 1979 and 1981 and chronicles the former refugees' struggles to establish themselves in their new environment. A remarkable study with profoundly human dimensions.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface: The Costs and Benefits of Compassion -- , Acknowledgments -- , 1. Adapting in a New World -- , 2. Where Did the Refugees Come From? -- , 3. Southeast Asian Refugees in Canada: Forced to Rely on the Kindness of Others -- , 4. Migration, Resettlement, and Mental Health: Models and Measures -- , 5. How Much Disorder and Who Is at Risk? -- , 6. The Stresses of Resettlement -- , 7. Social Support and Mental Health -- , 8. Splitting Time to Handle Stress -- , 9. Profiles of Success -- , 10. Please See Screaming -- , References -- , Index

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781442680234

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442680234