Economic mobility and cultural assimilation among children of immigrants / Caroline L. Faulkner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faulkner, Caroline L., 1976-

Series:

New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Americanization.

Children of immigrants--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Children of immigrants.

Social mobility--United States.

Social mobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Segmented assimilation theory states that immigrants follow multiple paths of assimilation into different segments of American society. Faulkner tests the theory using data on children of immigrants and later generation youths and analyzes how context of reception, adaptation obstacles, and protective factors are associated with paths of assimilation. She take into account five factors that segmented assimilation theory has not fully considered (1) assimilation's intergenerational nature, (2) life course stage, (3) assimilation starting points, (4) gender, and (5) later generation comparisons.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Tables; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; CHAPTER 2: Intergenerational Paths of Assimilation; CHAPTER 3: Intragenerational Paths of Assimilation; CHAPTER 4: Conclusion: Where the Paths Lead; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593326869

1593326866

OCLC:

818818823