ISBN:
9780520968370
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (294 pages)
Parallel Title:
Jiménez, Tomás R., 1975 - The other side of assimilation
DDC:
303.48/20979473
Keywords:
Immigrants California
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Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
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Assimilation (Sociology) California
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Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
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City dwellers Cultural assimilation
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California
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Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
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Electronic books
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Kalifornien
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Ethnische Gruppe
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Politik
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Wirtschaft
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Kultur
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Änderung
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Einwanderung
Abstract:
The immigration patterns of the last three decades have profoundly changed nearly every aspect of life in the United States. What do those changes mean for the most established Americans--those whose families have been in the country for multiple generations? The Other Side of Assimilation shows that assimilation is not a one-way street. Jim#65533;nez explains how established Americans undergo their own assimilation in response to profound immigration-driven ethnic, racial, political, economic, and cultural shifts. Drawing on interviews with a race and class spectrum of established Americans in three different Silicon Valley cities, The Other Side of Assimilation illuminates how established Americans make sense of their experiences in immigrant-rich environments, in work, school, public interactions, romantic life, and leisure activities. With lucid prose, Jim#65533;nez reveals how immigration not only changes the American cityscape but also reshapes the United States by altering the outlooks and identities of its most established citizens.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Table -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The (Not-So-Strange) Strangers in Their Midst -- 2. Salsa and Ketchup-Cultural Exposure and Adoption -- 3. Spotlight on White, Fade to Black -- 4. Living with Difference and Similarity -- 5. Living Locally, Thinking Nationally -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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