Foreword to the series -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Refugee resettlement and the Hmong -- Who are the Hmong? -- Impact of the Hmong in Wausau -- Wausau community -- Hmong in context of the Indochinese refugee diaspora -- Fieldwork among the Hmong -- Wider connections beyond Wisconsin -- Notes -- Refugee experience -- Exodus from Laos -- Refugee camp experiences -- Early resettlement experiences -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Family life -- Kinship -- Daily life -- Hmong homes -- Consumer goods and consumption behavior -- Educational goals and aspirations -- Notes -- Community -- Ethnic community -- Health care -- Hmong and non-Hmong interaction -- Notes -- Work and ethnic enterprises -- Unemployment, welfare, and self-sufficiency -- Employment in Wausau -- Agricultural labor and women's work -- Ethnic businesses and enterprises -- Women and ethnic enterprises -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Hmong views on self-sufficiency -- Gardening practices and self-sufficiency -- Fishing and hunting -- Raising chickens -- Conclusion -- From story cloth to video: visions of the future -- Introduction -- Story cloth -- Hmong videos -- Categories of Hmong videos -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Dispelling anti-immigrant rhetoric -- Notes -- References.