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[null,"1.","Record Nr.",null,"UNINA9910779265903321"]
[null,null,"Autore",null,"Dhingra Pawan"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Life behind the lobby [[electronic resource] ] : Indian motel owners and the American dream / / Pawan Dhingra"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"0-8047-8202-4"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (265 p.)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"647.94089/91411073"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"East Indian American businesspeople"]
[{"$nulls":4},"East Indian Americans - Economic conditions"]
[{"$nulls":4},"East Indian Americans - Social conditions"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Motels - United States"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Building the Diaspora; 2. Reaching for the American Dream; 3. Business Hardships and Immigrant Realities; 4. Professional Appearances and Backstage Hierarchies; 5. The Possibility of Belonging; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","Indian Americans own about half of all the motels in the United States. Even more remarkable, most of these motel owners come from the same region in India and-although they are not all related-seventy percent of them share the surname of Patel. Most of these motel owners arrived in the United States with few resources and, broadly speaking, they are self-employed, self-sufficient immigrants who have become successful-they live the American dream. However, framing this group as embodying the American dream has profound implications. It perpetuates the idea of American exceptionali"]