UID:
almafu_9959236760102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxiv, 406 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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illustrations
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-520-93579-9
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1-59734-709-4
Inhalt:
One out of five Americans are first- or second-generation immigrants. This study probes all aspects of the new immigrant second generation lives, exploring their potential to transform American society for better or worse.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Intro -- TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 TWELVE STORIES -- 2 THE NEW AMERICANS An Overview -- 3 NOT EVERYONE IS CHOSEN: Segmented Assimilation and Its Determinants -- 4 MAKING IT IN AMERICA -- 5 IN THEIR OWN EYES: Immigrant Outlooks on America -- 6 LOST IN TRANSLATION: Language and the New Second Generation -- 7 DEFINING THE SITUATION: The Ethnic Identities of Children of Immigrants -- 8 THE CRUCIBLE WITHIN: Family, Schools, and the Psychology of the Second Generation -- 9 SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AND FAILURE -- 10 CONCLUSION: Mainstream Ideologies and the Long-Term Prospects of Immigrant Communities -- Appendix A: CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS LONGITUDINAL STUDY: Follow-up Questionnaire -- Appendix B: CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS LONGITUDINAL STUDY: Parental Questionnaire -- Appendix C: VARIABLES USED IN MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES: Chapters 6 to 9 -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-520-22848-0
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-520-22847-2
Sprache:
Englisch
