Keeping the immigrant bargain :
Louie, Vivian S.,
Keeping the immigrant bargain : the costs and rewards of success in America / Vivian Louie. - 1 online resource (261 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781610447799 (e-book)
Immigrants--History.--United States
Assimilation (Sociology)--History.--United States
American Dream.
Electronic books.
JV6450 / .L68 2012
305.9/069120973
Keeping the immigrant bargain : the costs and rewards of success in America / Vivian Louie. - 1 online resource (261 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781610447799 (e-book)
Immigrants--History.--United States
Assimilation (Sociology)--History.--United States
American Dream.
Electronic books.
JV6450 / .L68 2012
305.9/069120973