Legacies : the story of the immigrant second generation / / Alejandro Portes, Ruben G. Rumbaut
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| Autore: |
Portes Alejandro <1944->
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| Titolo: |
Legacies : the story of the immigrant second generation / / Alejandro Portes, Ruben G. Rumbaut
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press |
| New York, : Russell Sage Foundation, 2001 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 406 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 305.9/0691 |
| Soggetto topico: | Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions |
| Immigrants - United States - Social conditions | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Emigration and immigration |
| Altri autori: |
RumbautRuben G
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-387) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 TWELVE STORIES -- 2 THE NEW AMERICANS An Overview -- 3 NOT EVERYONE IS CHOSEN: Segmented Assimilation and Its Determinants -- 4 MAKING IT IN AMERICA -- 5 IN THEIR OWN EYES: Immigrant Outlooks on America -- 6 LOST IN TRANSLATION: Language and the New Second Generation -- 7 DEFINING THE SITUATION: The Ethnic Identities of Children of Immigrants -- 8 THE CRUCIBLE WITHIN: Family, Schools, and the Psychology of the Second Generation -- 9 SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AND FAILURE -- 10 CONCLUSION: Mainstream Ideologies and the Long-Term Prospects of Immigrant Communities -- Appendix A: CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS LONGITUDINAL STUDY: Follow-up Questionnaire -- Appendix B: CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS LONGITUDINAL STUDY: Parental Questionnaire -- Appendix C: VARIABLES USED IN MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES: Chapters 6 to 9 -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | One out of five Americans are first- or second-generation immigrants. This study probes all aspects of the new immigrant second generation lives, exploring their potential to transform American society for better or worse. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Legacies |
| ISBN: | 0-520-93579-9 |
| 1-59734-709-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820280903321 |
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