03559nam 2200637 a 450 991095939350332120251116220659.01-59332-308-5(CKB)1000000000481793(OCoLC)608569800(CaPaEBR)ebrary10225126(SSID)ssj0000106364(PQKBManifestationID)11125154(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106364(PQKBWorkID)10106667(PQKB)10463512(MiAaPQ)EBC3016816(BIP)18762151(EXLCZ)99100000000048179320070409d2007 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrAsian American assimilation ethnicity, immigration, and socioeconomic attainment /C.N. LeNew York LFB Scholarly Pub.20071 online resource (257 p.) The new AmericansThe history of Asian immigration and assimilation -- Vietnamese Americans : history and context -- Climbing the ladder : income, occupation, and prestige attainment -- Doing it their way : entrepreneurship and small business ownership -- Race and place : residential segregation and quality of neighborhoods -- Glimpses into the future : interracial and interethnic marriage -- Conclusion: Forging their own mainstream.1-59332-175-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.Most people think that assimilation involves just behavior -- how a newcomer acquires the norms and values of the majority society. But as society becomes increasingly diverse, globalized, and transnational, we need to rethink how newcomer groups assimilate into the American mainstream. Le broadens the idea of assimilation to include socioeconomic and institutional examples of integration by analyzing outcomes such as income, occupational prestige, small business ownership, residential segregation, and intermarriage for five Asian American groups, with an emphasis on Vietnamese. The results show that most Vietnamese Americans experience little disadvantage or inequality compared to other Asian Americans (and many times with Whites) when it comes to achieving structural integration. Le hypothesizes that Vietnamese have been able to overcome challenges in a relatively short amount of time by using collective resources and maintaining ethnic solidarity to weave together a pattern of achievement and mobility combined with tradition and cohesion.New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Asian AmericansCultural assimilationAsian AmericansEthnic identityImmigrantsUnited StatesSocial conditionsAsian AmericansSocial conditionsAsian AmericansEconomic conditionsUnited StatesEthnic relationsUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationAsiaEmigration and immigrationAsian AmericansCultural assimilation.Asian AmericansEthnic identity.ImmigrantsSocial conditions.Asian AmericansSocial conditions.Asian AmericansEconomic conditions.305.895/073Le C. N(Cuong Nguyen)1871670MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959393503321Asian American assimilation4480574UNINA