Now in the midst of the largest wave of immigration in history,
America, mythical land of immigrants, is once again contemplating a
future in which new arrivals will play a crucial role in reworking
the fabric of the nation. At the center of this prospect are the
children of immigrants, who make up one fifth of America's youth.
This book, written by the codirectors of the largest ongoing
longitudinal study of immigrant children and their families, offers
a clear, broad, interdisciplinary view of who these children are
and what their future might hold.
For immigrant children, the authors write, it is the best of
times and the worst. These children are more likely than any
previous generation of immigrants to end up in Ivy League
universities--or unschooled, on parole, or in prison. Most arrive
as motivated students, respectful of authority and quick to learn
English. Yet, at the same time, many face huge obstacles to
success, such as poverty, prejudice, the trauma of immigration
itself, and exposure to the materialistic, hedonistic world of
their native-born peers.
The authors vividly describe how forces within and outside the
family shape these children's developing sense of identity and
their ambivalent relationship with their adopted country. Their
book demonstrates how "Americanization," long an immigrant ideal,
has, in a nation so diverse and full of contradictions, become ever
harder to define, let alone achieve.
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