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Beyond expectations : second-generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain / Onoso Imoagene.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Imoagene, Onoso, 1977- author.
Contributor:
JSTOR (Organization)
George R. Fink Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nigerians--United States--Social conditions.
Nigerians.
Nigerians--Great Britain--Social conditions.
Children of immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
Children of immigrants.
Children of immigrants--Great Britain--Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Great Britain.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 298 pages)
Place of Publication:
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Setting the context : immigration, assimilation versus racialization, and the African and Nigerian diasporas in Britain and America
"You are not like me!?" : the impact of intra-racial distinctions and inter-ethnic relations on identity formation
"It's un-Nigerian not to go to college" : education as an ethnic boundary
Forging a diasporic Nigerian ethnicity in the United States and Britain
On the horns of racialization : middle class, ethnic, and black
Feeling American in America, not feeling British in Britain.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 01, 2017).
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.
Other Format:
Print version: Imoagene, Onoso, 1977- author. Beyond expectations
ISBN:
9780520965881
0520965884
Publisher Number:
99971358194
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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