Legacies : the story of the immigrant second generation /

Portes, Alejandro, 1944-

Legacies : the story of the immigrant second generation / Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut. - xxiv, 406 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-387) and index.

List of Tables and Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Twelve Stories -- The New Americans: An Overview -- Not Everyone is Chosen: Segmented Assimilation and Its Determinants -- Making It in America -- In Their Own Eyes: Immigrant Outlooks on America -- Lost in Translation: Language and the New Second Generation -- Defining the Situation: The Ethnic Identities of Children of Immigrants -- The Crucible Within: Family, Schools, and the Psychology of the Second Generation -- School Achievement and Failure -- Conclusion: Mainstream Ideologies and the Long-Term Prospects of Immigrant Communities -- Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study: Follow-up Questionnaire -- Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study: Parental Questionnaire -- Variables Used in Multivariate Analyses: Chapters 6 to 9 -- Notes -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. App. A. App. B. App. C.

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00061993


Immigrants--Economic conditions--United States
Immigrants--Social conditions--United States


United States--Emigration and immigration

JV6471. / P67 2001

305.90691

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