Southeast Asian History: Cambodian Life Histories

(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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Abstract / Summary: Starting in the late 1970s, after the fall of Khmer Rouge, the Cambodian population of Long Beach swelled and the city became home to the largest Cambodian population outside of Cambodia. The origins of the Cambodian community in Long Beach, however, date back to the late 1950s, when an exchange program brought students from Cambodia to CSULB to study, some of who remained. In 1975, the first wave of 4,600 Cambodian immigrants arrived. These people who either were able to escape Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge takeover, or who were outside of the country at the time, were generally highly educated. In 1977 they established the first Cambodian community agency (United Cambodian Community).
Field of Interest: Letters and Diaries
Content Type: Oral history
Format: Related Web resources
URL: https://csulb-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.3/206609
Publisher: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Place Published / Released: California
Subject: Letters and Diaries, History, Armed forces, Politics, War, Cambodian Civil War, 1970-1975, Camboya, Camboja, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, Asia, Cambodia, North America, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Camboya, Camboja, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos