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Author:

Portes, Alejandro, 1944-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Russell Sage Foundation,
Russell Sage Foundation,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

xxiv, 406 p., [23] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Immigrants--United States--Economic conditions.
Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
United States--Emigration and immigration.

Other Authors:

Rumbaut, Rubén G.

Notes:

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

Contents:

10. Conclusion : mainstream ideologies and the long-term prospects of immigrant communities. 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.

ISBN:

9780520228481 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520228480 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520228474 (alk. paper)
0520228472 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44720574

LCCN:

00061993

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)