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Legacies: the story of the immigrant second generation
Alejandro Portes and Rubén G Rumbaut
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Frontmatter
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List of Tables and Illustrations (page xi)
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Preface (page xvii)
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Acknowledgments (page xxi)
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1. Twelve Stories (page 1)
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Miami Stories (page 2)
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San Diego Stories (page 8)
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2. The New Americans: An Overview (page 17)
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Immigration Yesterday and Today (page 17)
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The Size and Concentration of the Second Generation (page 19)
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Studying the New Second Generation: The Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (page 22)
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The New Second Generation at a Glance (page 33)
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3. Not Everyone Is Chosen: Segmented Assimilation and Its Determinants (page 44)
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How Immigrants Are Received: Modes of Incorporation and Their Consequences (page 46)
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Acculturation and Role Reversal (page 49)
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Where They Grow Up: Challenges to Second-Generation Adaptation (page 55)
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Confronting the Challenge: Immigrant Social Capital (page 62)
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Conclusion (page 69)
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4. Making It in America (page 70)
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Early Adaptation and Achievement (page 72)
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Nationality and Family Composition (page 85)
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Conclusion (page 90)
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5. In Their Own Eyes: Immigrant Outlooks on America (page 91)
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Aura Lila Marín, Cuban, 53, Single Mother (1994) (page 91)
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Pao Yang, Laotian Hmong, 57, Father (1995) (page 93)
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Optimism (page 94)
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Permissiveness (page 97)
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Ambition (page 103)
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Community and Pride (page 107)
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Conclusion (page 111)
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6. Lost in Translation: Language and the New Second Generation (page 113)
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Bilingualism: Yesterday and Today (page 115)
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Shadow Boxing: Myth and Reality of Language Acculturation (page 118)
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Forced-March Acculturation (page 128)
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What Makes a Bilingual? (page 134)
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A Game of Mirrors: Language Instruction and Types of Acculturation (page 143)
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7. Defining the Situation: The Ethnic Identities of Children of Immigrants (page 147)
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Sites of Belonging: The Complex Allegiances of Children of Immigrants (page 149)
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Who Am I? Patterns of Ethnic Self-Identification (page 154)
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Where Do I Come From? Nation, Family, and Identity (page 161)
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Correlates of Self-Identities (page 166)
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The Race Question (page 176)
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Determinants of Ethnic and Racial Identities (page 181)
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Conclusion: From Translation Artists to Living Paradoxes (page 189)
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8. The Crucible Within: Family, Schools, and the Psychology of the Second Generation (page 192)
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San Diego Families (page 194)
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Family Cohesion, Conflict, and Change (page 197)
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School Environments and Peer Groups (page 203)
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Psychological Well-Being: Self-Esteem and Depressive Affect (page 207)
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School Engagement and Effort (page 211)
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Educational Expectations (page 215)
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Determinants of Psychosocial Outcomes (page 220)
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Conclusion (page 230)
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9. School Achievement and Failure (page 233)
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Early Educational Achievement (page 234)
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Educational Achievement in Late Adolescence (page 244)
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Two Achievement Paradoxes (page 258)
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Conclusion (page 267)
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10. Conclusion: Mainstream Ideologies and the Long-Term Prospects of Immigrant Communities (page 269)
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Two Mainstream Ideologies (page 270)
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A Third Way: Selective Acculturation and Bilingualism (page 274)
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The Mexican Case (page 276)
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Theoretical Reprise (page 280)
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Appendix A. Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study: Follow-up Questionnaire (page 287)
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Appendix B. Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study: Parental Questionnaire (page 307)
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Appendix C. Variables Used in Multivariate Analyses: Chapters 6 to 9 (page 339)
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Notes (page 349)
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References (page 369)
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Index (page 389)
| Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
|---|---|---|
| AJS | 108.5 (Mar. 2003): 1135-1137 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/379574 |
| IMR | 36.2 (Summer 2002): 597-599 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4149468 |
| AAAG | 92.2 (Jun. 2002): 356-358 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1515421 |
| CS | 32.4 (Jul. 2003): 418-426 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1556539 |
| POPFE | 59.3/4 (May - Aug. 2004): 638-640 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3655005 |
| AANTH | 106.2 (Jun. 2004): 391-395 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3566978 |
| CS | 42.3 (May 2013): 349-363 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/23524467 |
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Published: 2001
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520228481 (paper)
- 9780520935792 (ebook)