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The Pursuit of the Chinese Dream in America : Chinese Undergraduate Students at American Universities.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (175 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498521697
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Pursuit of the Chinese Dream in AmericaDDC classification:
  • 378.1/9829951073
LOC classification:
  • LB2376.5.C6Y36 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Reaching for the Chinese Dream -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 3 Cheeseheads, Colleges, and Chinese Parents -- 4 Chinese Forms of Capital -- 5 Mianzi, Motivations, and Higher Education -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: The Pursuit of the Chinese Dream in America examines the hopes, expectations, challenges, and aspirations of the current generation of Chinese students as they pursue higher education at American universities. Based on interviews with Chinese students, parents, teachers, and educational agents in Shanghai, this ethnographic study analyzes the cultural, economic, and social factors that have fostered the increase of Chinese undergraduates on American campuses.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Reaching for the Chinese Dream -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 3 Cheeseheads, Colleges, and Chinese Parents -- 4 Chinese Forms of Capital -- 5 Mianzi, Motivations, and Higher Education -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

The Pursuit of the Chinese Dream in America examines the hopes, expectations, challenges, and aspirations of the current generation of Chinese students as they pursue higher education at American universities. Based on interviews with Chinese students, parents, teachers, and educational agents in Shanghai, this ethnographic study analyzes the cultural, economic, and social factors that have fostered the increase of Chinese undergraduates on American campuses.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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