Becoming Locals : Place-Making and the Hmong in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Abstract

Since they first began arriving in the United States in the late 1970s, Hmong refugees have established numerous communities across Wisconsin and Minnesota. Though immigration from Southeast Asia continues, the Hmong community is well-established as first- and second-generation Hmong-Americans participate in community and local place-making. This study examines the incorporation of immigrants into the non-immigrant host community in Eau Claire County.