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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953485503321

Autore

Brown Susan K (Sociologist)

Titolo

Beyond the immigrant enclave : network change and assimilation / / Susan Wierzbicki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-280-36141-7

9786610361410

1-59332-122-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

The new Americans

Disciplina

305.9/06912/0973

Soggetti

Minorities - United States - Social conditions

Immigrants - United States - Social conditions

Social networks - United States

Acculturation - United States

Assimilation (Sociology)

Community life - United States

United States Ethnic relations

United States Social conditions 1980-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-160) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Immigrant networks -- Community as networks and place -- The presence of strong ties -- Kinship ties -- Ties among neighbors -- Similarity of neighborhood ties -- The community typology and immigrants.

Sommario/riassunto

Immigrant communities even poor ones are often portrayed as solidary and supportive. Wierzbicki examines the presence and homogeneity of ties among the foreign- and native-born of different ethnic groups. She finds that the foreign-born consistently report fewer ties than the native-born, in part because of less education or shorter duration of residence.The foreign-born also have more ethnically homogeneous ties, even when they live outside enclaves and in wealthier areas. This finding has implications for theories of assimilation or incorporation. For lack of network data, previous examination of assimilation has



often relied on patterns of residential settlement rather than actual social ties. This study indicates that the foreign-born may assimilate spatially but not socially."