Legacies : the story of the immigrant second generation / Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut.
Material type: TextPublisher: Berkeley : New York : University of California Press ; Russell Sage Foundation, 2001Description: xxiv, 406 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0520228480
- 9780520228481
- 0520228472
- 9780520228474
- 305.90691
- JV6471. P67 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-387) and index.
List of 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 -- App. A. Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study: Follow-up Questionnaire -- App. B. Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study: Parental Questionnaire -- App. C. Variables Used in Multivariate Analyses: Chapters 6 to 9 -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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