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 rchipelago of Resettlement: Vietnamese Refugee Settlers and Decolonization across Guam
and Israel-Palestine, by Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi
Archipelago of Resettlement
Vietnamese Refugee Settlers and Decolonization
across Guam and Israel-Palestine

Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi

UNIVERSIT Y OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

University of California Press
Oakland, California

© 2022 by Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi

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Suggested citation: Gandhi, E. L. E. Archipelago of Resettlement:

Vietnamese Refugee Settlers and Decolonization across Guam and
­Israel-Palestine. Oakland: University of California Press, 2022.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.123

Names: Gandhi, Evyn Lê Espiritu, author.

Title: Archipelago of resettlement : Vietnamese refugee settlers and
decolonization across Guam and Israel-Palestine / Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi.
Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022] |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021042119 (print) | LCCN 2021042120 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780520379657 (paperback) | ISBN 9780520976832 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Refugees—Guam--20th century. | Vietnamese—
Guam—20th century. | Refugees—Israel—20th century. |
Vietnamese—Israel—20th century. | Settler colonialism—Political aspects.
Classification: LCC HV640.5.V5 E87 2022 (print) | LCC HV640.5.V5
(ebook) | DDC 325/.210959709967—dc23/eng/20211005
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