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Comparative Economic Transformations - Mainland China, Hungary, the Soviet Union, and Taiwan (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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Comparative Economic Transformations - Mainland China, Hungary, the Soviet Union, and Taiwan (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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In virtually all advanced industrialized countries, the explosive
topic of immigration has engendered heated argument, political
anger, cultural anxieties, and blatant racism. In the United
States, most of the attention is on the stream of Mexicans crossing
the border in such numbers that early in the next century
Latinos-immigrant and U.S.-born-are expected to surpass African
Americans as the largest minority group. This book focuses on key
aspects of the problem, including the puzzling differences between
Mexcio-born adolescents and adolescents born in the United States.
Whereas Mexico-born adolescents are highly motivated to learn
English and use the educational system to improve their lot,
U.S.-born adolescents seem angry, frustrated, and less interested
in academic achievement. What accounts for this difference? In a
unique research design, the authors seek answers in a psychological
and cultural study of four groups of adolescents: a group in a
Mexican town with a high rate of migration; a group that had
migrated to the United States with their families, a group of
second-generation Latinos; and a group of white ethnographic
observations, the authors pursue such questions as: How is
achievement motivation patterned Mexican family life? How do the
concerns of white American adolescents differ from those of the
other groups? What happens to immigrant families as children shift
cultural values in the new country? Among the many significant
conclusion to emerge from this study is that whereas Mexicans see
their achievements in the context of family obligations, white
adolescents struggle with issues of independence and ambivalence
toward authority, and U.S.-born Latinos-hybrid children of two
worlds-share concerns with both white and Mexico-born peers.
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Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 1995 |
First published: |
1994 |
Authors: |
Yu-Shan Wu
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth
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Pages: |
300 |
Edition: |
illustrated edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8047-2388-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
Development economics
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LSN: |
0-8047-2388-5 |
Barcode: |
9780804723886 |
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