Legacies : the story of the immigrant second generation

Legacies : the story of the immigrant second generation / Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut.

Legacies : the story of the immigrant second generation /

Annotation One out of five Americans, more than 55 million people, are first-or second-generation immigrants. This landmark study, the most comprehensive to date, probes all aspects of the new immigrant second generation's lives, exploring their immense potential to transform American society f...

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Main Author: Portes, Alejandro, 1944- (Author)
Other Authors: Rumbaut, Rubén G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : New York : University of California Press ; Russell Sage Foundation, 2001.
Subjects:
Immigrants > United States > Economic conditions.
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants > Economic conditions
Immigrants > Social conditions
Immigranten.
Tweede generatie.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Twelve stories
  • ch. 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.

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