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Leonard Karen Isaksen <1939-> |
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Titolo |
Making ethnic choices : California's Punjabi Mexican Americans / / Karen Isaksen Leonard |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 1992 |
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ISBN |
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1-4399-0364-6 |
9786612938689 |
1-282-93868-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (363 p.) |
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Collana |
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Asian American history and culture series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Panjabi Americans - California |
Mexican Americans - California |
Interracial marriage - California |
California Social conditions |
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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. 293-319) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Part I: Introduction; 1. Exploring Ethnicity; Part II: The World of the Pioneers; 2. Contexts: California and the Punjab; 3. Early Days in the Imperial Valley; 4. Marriages and Children; 5. Male and Female Networks; 6. Conflict and Love in the Marriages; Part III: The Construction of Ethnic Identity; 7. Childhood in Rural California; 8. The Second Generation Comes of Age; 9. Political Change and Ethnic Identity; 10. Encounters with the Other; 11. Contending Voices; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""[A] thoroughly original study that greatly expands our knowledge of how ethnic identities are formed. Leonard writes clearly and her inclusion of the voices of the Punjabi-Mexicans lends humor and depth to the history. This insightful study will be of interest to all scholars concerned with immigration and ethnicity and the history of California."" --The Journal of Asian StudiesThis is a study of the flexibility of ethnic identity. In the early twentieth century, men from India's Punjab province came to California to work on the land. The new immigrants had few chances to marry. There |
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