Asian Indian professionals : the culture of success /

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Sandhu tells an ethnographic tale about the everyday lives of Asian Indian elites, their spouses, and children in two of the largest communities in the United States --Southern California and the Silicon Valley. Sandhu documents that beyond the visible successes of Asian Indians in the work sphere,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sandhu, Sabeen, 1977-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.
Series:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:
East Indians > United States.
Professional employees > United States.
Success in business > United States.
Professionnels salariés > États-Unis.
Succès dans les affaires > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
East Indians
Professional employees
Success in business
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Asian Indian professionals in southern California and the Silicon Valley
  • Ethnographic research methods : negotiating race
  • Class, and gender in the field
  • Constructing a culture of success
  • "Singles" and "withs" : how region and gender shape access to social and cultural capital
  • A tough act to follow : the children of Asian Indian
  • Elites
  • Conclusion & future directions for research.

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