The pursuit of the Chinese dream in America : Chinese undergraduate students at American universities / / Dennis T. Yang
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| Autore: |
Yang Dennis Tao
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| Titolo: |
The pursuit of the Chinese dream in America : Chinese undergraduate students at American universities / / Dennis T. Yang
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2016] |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (175 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 378.1/9829951073 |
| Soggetto topico: | Chinese students - United States - Attitudes |
| College students - China - Attitudes | |
| College students - Family relationships - China | |
| Foreign study - Social aspects - China | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Reaching for the Chinese dream -- Theoretical framework -- Cheeseheads, colleges, and Chinese parents -- Chinese forms of capital -- Mianzi, motivations, and higher education. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Pursuit of the Chinese Dream in America examines the hopes, expectations, challenges, and aspirations of the current generation of Chinese students as they pursue higher education at American universities. Based on interviews with Chinese students, parents, teachers, and educational agents in Shanghai, this ethnographic study analyzes the cultural, economic, and social factors that have fostered the increase of Chinese undergraduates on American campuses. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The pursuit of the Chinese dream in America |
| ISBN: | 1-4985-2169-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808235803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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