Keeping the Immigrant Bargain : The Costs and Rewards of Success in America.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (261 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. In Two Worlds: The Immigrant American Dream -- 3. Being an Immigrant: Alone in America -- 4. Children on Their Own in School -- 5. Beyond the Family: Constellations of Support -- 6. How the Bargain Was Won: Higher Education and Mobility -- 7. Assimilation Procesess: Who We Are -- 8. Conclusion: Institutions and Individual Agency -- Appendix: Methodological Notes -- Notes -- References -- Index.
9781610447799
Immigrants--United States--History. Assimilation (Sociology)--United States--History. American Dream.