Keeping the immigrant bargain
Subtitle: the costs and rewards of success in America
By: Vivian Louie
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780871545640; 9781610447799
Subjects: American Dream; Assimilation (Sociology); Immigrants; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ntroduction; title: In two worlds : the immigrant American dream; title: Being an immigrant : alone in America; title: Children on their own in school; title: Beyond the family : constellations of support; title: How the bargain was won : higher education & mobility; title: Assimilation processes : who we are; title: Conclusion : institutions and individual agency.