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The pursuit of the Chinese dream in America : Chinese undergraduate students at American universities / Dennis T. Yang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yang, Dennis Tao, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese students--United States--Attitudes.
- Chinese students.
- College students--China--Attitudes.
- College students.
- College students--Family relationships--China.
- Foreign study--Social aspects--China.
- Foreign study.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Reaching for the Chinese dream
- Theoretical framework
- Cheeseheads, colleges, and Chinese parents
- Chinese forms of capital
- Mianzi, motivations, and higher education.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-31737-1
- 1-4985-2169-X
- OCLC:
- 932334178
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