Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Asian America iii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Contents xi
5. Foreword xiii
6. Preface xvii
7. Introduction: Creating Beyond the Killing Fields 1
8. Part I. Pre-Khmer Rouge Cambodia
9. 1. Historical Background 9
10. 2. Society and Culture 26
11. 3. Look Tha: A Former Buddhist Monk 37
12. 4. Bopha: A New American 63
13. Part II. The Desecration of a Culture
14. 5. The Khmer Rouge Revolution 89
15. 6. Pu Ma: A Welfare Mother 97
16. 7. Bun Thab: A Khmer Rouge Escapee 117
17. 8. Mum: Dad's Little Girl 136
18. Part III. In Search of Freedom
19. 9. Coming to America 165
20. 10. Niseth: A College Student 169
21. 11. Nya Srey: A Widowed Single Parent 203
22. 12. Apsara: A Cambodian Wife 219
23. 13. Koun Srey: A Teenage Daughter 237
24. Part IV. Interpretations: Beyond the Killing Fields
25. 14. Life, Death, and the Holocaust 249
26. 15. Cambodian and American Views of Successful Adjustment 261
27. Bibliography 281