| Description |
x, 246 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : immigration and its aftermath / Alejandro Portes -- Language and the second generation : bilingualism yesterday and today / Alejandro Portes and Richard Schauffler -- Divided fates : immigrant children and the new assimilation / M. Patricia Fernández Kelly and Richard Schauffler -- Studying immigrant adaptation from the 1990 population census : from generational |
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comparisons to the process of "becoming American" / Charles Hirschman -- Today's second generation : evidence from the 1990 census / Leif Jensen and Yoshimi Chitose -- The households of children of immigrants in South Florida : an exploratory study of extended family arrangements / Lisandro Pérez -- The crucible within : ethnic identity, self-esteem,and segmented assimilation |
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among children of immigrants / Rubén G. Rumbaut -- Ethnic and racial identities of second-generation Black immigrants in New York City / Mary C. Waters -- Social capital and the adaptation of the second generation : the case of Vietnamese youth in New Orleans / Min Zhou and Carl L. Bankston III. |
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Children of immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Social adjustment -- United States.
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Ethnicity -- United States.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Added Author |
Portes, Alejandro, 1944-
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| ISBN |
0871546841 paperback alkaline paper |
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0871546833 alkaline paper |
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