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Keeping the Immigrant Bargain : The Costs and Rewards of Success in America /
Most nineteenth and early-twentieth-century European immigrants arrived in the United States with barely more than the clothes on their backs. They performed menial jobs, spoke little English, and often faced a hostile reception. But two or more generations later, the overwhelming majority of their...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
2012.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- In two worlds : the immigrant American dream
- Being an immigrant : alone in America
- Children on their own in school
- Beyond the family : constellations of support
- How the bargain was won : higher education & mobility
- Assimilation processes : who we are
- Conclusion : institutions and individual agency.