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Across Generations
Nancy (Editor Foner
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Description for Across Generations
Paperback. Includes case studies that examine the intricacies of relations between the generations in a broad range of immigrant groups - from Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa - and gives a sense of what everyday life is like in immigrant families. Editor(s): Foner, Nancy. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Immigrants and their American-born children represent about one quarter of the United States population. Drawing on rich, in-depth ethnographic research, the fascinating case studies in Across Generations examine the intricacies of relations between the generations in a broad range of immigrant groups—from Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa—and give a sense of what everyday life is like in immigrant families.
Moving beyond the cliché of the children of immigrants engaging in pitched battles against tradition-bound parents from the old country, these vivid essays offer a nuanced view that brings out the ties that bind the generations as well ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814727713
SKU
V9780814727713
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99-50
About Nancy (Editor Foner
Nancy Foner is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the author of numerous books, including In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration and New York and Amsterdam: Immigration and the New Urban Landscape (NYU Press). She is the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Career ... Read more
Reviews for Across Generations
Across Generationsoffers an excellent entry into family dynamics that include grandparents, parents, and children as well as a span of first-, second- and third-generation immigrants.
Mary Romero
Journal of American Ethnic History
This powerful volume brings together scholarship on immigrant parents and their children by some of the most original thinkers in the field.
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo,author ... Read more
Mary Romero
Journal of American Ethnic History
This powerful volume brings together scholarship on immigrant parents and their children by some of the most original thinkers in the field.
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo,author ... Read more