Inheriting the city
Subtitle: the children of immigrants come of age
By: Philip Kasinitz [and others]
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation; Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York; Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780871544780
Subjects: Social conditions; Children of immigrants
Description: From the publisher: Inheriting the City examines five immigrant groups to disentangle the complicated question of how they are faring relative to native-born groups, and how achievement differs between and within these groups. While some experts worry that these young adults would not do as well as previous waves of immigrants due to lack of high-paying manufacturing jobs, poor public schools, and an entrenched racial divide, Inheriting the City finds that the second generation is rapidly moving into the mainstream--speaking English, working in jobs that resemble those held by native New Yorkers their age, and creatively combining their ethnic cultures and norms with American ones. Far from descending into an urban underclass, the children of immigrants are using immigrant advantages to avoid some of the obstacles that native minority groups cannot.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-411) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction: Inheriting the city; title: The worlds of the fathers and mothers; title: Ethnic identities; title: Family and neighborhood origins; title: The school system as sorting mechanism; title: The second generation goes to work; title: Forming new families; title: Culture matters; title: Civic and political engagement; title: Race, prejudice, and discrimination; title: Conclusion: The second generation advantage.