Paperback, 262 pages, 8.5x11, English Volume 8, 2007-2008 by Hmong Studies Journal Articles in this Volume include: Political Behavior and Candidate Emergence in the Hmong-American Community by Steven Doherty Diaspora and the Predicament of Origins: Interrogating Hmong Postcolonial Historyand Identity by Gary Yia Lee The self-rated social well-being of Hmong college students in Northern California by Serge C. Lee Constructing a Social Problem: Suicide, Acculturation and the Hmong by MachilineXiong and Paul Jesilow The Transition of Wat Tham Krabok Hmong Children to Saint Paul Public Schools: Perspectives of Teachers, Principals, and Hmong Parents by Bic Ngo, Martha Bigelow and Kyla Wahlstrom Diabetes Knowledge, Beliefs, and Treatments in the Hmong Population: AnExploratory Study by Miguel A. Perez and Koua Cha Preliminary Study on Thalassemia Screening and Genetic Counseling in SelectiveHmong People in Saraburi Province, Thailand by Pa Vang, Onuma Zongrum, Ratana Sindhuphak and Nikorn Dusitsin An Assessment of the Hmong American New Year and Its Implications for Hmong-American Culture by Kou Yang Financial Management in Hmong Immigrant Families: Change and Adaptation byPa Nhia D. Yang and Catherine A. Solheim