Portes, Alejandro,  1944- <br/><br/>
Legacies :  the story of the immigrant second generation / 
Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut. 
 - xxiv, 406 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-387) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0520228480 9780520228481 0520228472 9780520228474 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00061993 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Immigrants--Economic conditions--United States<br/>Immigrants--Social conditions--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Emigration and immigration
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JV6471.  / P67 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.90691