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Ethnic Origins The Adaptation of Cambodian and Hmong Refugees in Four American Cities / Jeremy Hein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hein, Jeremy.
- Series:
- Rose series in sociology.
- American Sociological Association's Rose series in sociology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology, Urban--United States--Case studies.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Assimilation (Sociology)--Case studies.
- Assimilation (Sociology).
- Refugees--United States--Social conditions--Case studies.
- Refugees.
- Hmong Americans--Ethnic identity--Case studies.
- Hmong Americans.
- Hmong Americans--Cultural assimilation--Case studies.
- Hmong Americans--Social conditions--Case studies.
- Cambodian Americans--Ethnic identity--Case studies.
- Cambodian Americans.
- Cambodian Americans--Cultural assimilation--Case studies.
- Cambodian Americans--Social conditions--Case studies.
- United States--Ethnic relations--Case studies.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Immigration studies have increasingly focused on how immigrant adaptation to their new homelands is influenced by the social structures in the sending society, particularly its economy.Less scholarly research has focused on the ways that the cultural make-up of immigrant homelands influences their adaptation to life in a new country.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- About the Author
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Ideas
- Chapter 1. Immigrants and Culture
- Chapter 2. Ethnic Origins
- Part II. Peoples
- Chapter 3. Khmer
- Chapter 4. Hmong
- Part III. Places
- Chapter 5. Small-Town Hospitality and Hate
- Chapter 6. Ethnic Succession in the Urban Pecking Order
- Part IV. Identities
- Chapter 7. Asian American
- Chapter 8. American Citizen
- Part V. Inequalities
- Chapter 9. Societal Racism
- Chapter 10. Group Stereotypes
- Chapter 11. Institutional Discrimination
- Chapter 12. Political Mobilization
- Part VI. Implications
- Chapter 13. Conclusion
- Appendix A: Overview of Methodologies
- Appendix B: Details of Methodologies
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-296) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-283-0
- OCLC:
- 607606546
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