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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820280903321

Autore

Portes Alejandro <1944->

Titolo

Legacies : the story of the immigrant second generation / / Alejandro Portes, Ruben G. Rumbaut

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press

New York, : Russell Sage Foundation, 2001

ISBN

0-520-93579-9

1-59734-709-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 406 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

RumbautRuben G

Disciplina

305.9/0691

Soggetti

Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions

Immigrants - United States - Social conditions

United States Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-387) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.