LEADER 02767nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910819715503321 005 20230801224026.0 010 $a1-59332-610-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000234417 035 $a(EBL)1057850 035 $a(OCoLC)818818941 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000719993 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12305836 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000719993 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10660366 035 $a(PQKB)11531020 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1057850 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1057850 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10583872 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000234417 100 $a20120601d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAsian Indian professionals$b[electronic resource] $ethe culture of success /$fSabeen Sandhu 210 $aEl Paso $cLFB Scholarly Pub.$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (171 p.) 225 1 $aThe new Americans : recent immigration and American society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59332-522-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : Asian Indian professionals in southern California and the Silicon Valley -- Ethnographic research methods : negotiating race -- Class, and gender in the field -- Constructing a culture of success -- "Singles" and "withs" : how region and gender shape access to social and cultural capital -- A tough act to follow : the children of Asian Indian -- Elites -- Conclusion & future directions for research. 330 $aSandhu tells an ethnographic tale about the everyday lives of Asian Indian elites, their spouses, and children in two of the largest communities in the United States --Southern California and the Silicon Valley. Sandhu documents that beyond the visible successes of Asian Indians in the work sphere, spousal selection and the mobility of their new second generation are critical dimensions of their identities as elites. Sandhu extends and sharpens the concepts of cultural and social capital, processes of assimilation, and construction of identity to this understudied group. 410 0$aNew Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 606 $aEast Indians$zUnited States 606 $aProfessional employees$zUnited States 606 $aSuccess in business$zUnited States 615 0$aEast Indians 615 0$aProfessional employees 615 0$aSuccess in business 676 $a973.0491/4 700 $aSandhu$b Sabeen$f1977-$01611900 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819715503321 996 $aAsian Indian professionals$93940378 997 $aUNINA