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Autore |
Portes Alejandro <1944-> |
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Titolo |
Legacies : the story of the immigrant second generation / / Alejandro Portes, Ruben G. Rumbaut |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press |
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New York, : Russell Sage Foundation, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-93579-9 |
1-59734-709-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxiv, 406 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions |
Immigrants - United States - Social conditions |
United States Emigration and immigration |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-387) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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