ISBN:
1593323743
,
9781593323745
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vii, 220 p)
,
ill., maps
,
23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
The new Americans
Series Statement:
New Americans : Recent Immigration and American Society
Parallel Title:
Print version Identity Construction among Chinese-Vietnamese Americans : Being, Becoming, and Belonging
DDC:
305.895/1073
Keywords:
Vietnamese Americans Ethnic identity
;
Identity (Psychology)
;
Chinese Americans Ethnic identity
;
Chinese Americans ; Ethnic identity
;
Identity (Psychology)
;
Vietnamese Americans ; Ethnic identity
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- Theoretical Perspectives on Ethnicity and Assimilation -- The Data: Enumeration and Access -- Who Are the Chinese-Vietnamese and Vietnamese? -- Location, Location, Location: Ethnicity Is Where the Home Is -- I Am What I (Sort of) Speak and Celebrate: Culture and Identity -- "Know Thyself": College, Asian American Studies, Ethnic Organizations, and Identity -- Conclusion: Moving Forth with History -- Creating the Chinese-Vietnamese Variable in 5% IPUMS -- Interview Instrument -- List of Respondents and Characteristics -- References -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Historical background -- Theoretical perspectives on ethnicity and assimilation -- The data : enumeration and access -- Who are the Chinese-Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans? -- Location, location, location : ethnicity is where the home is -- I am what I (sort of) speak and celebrate : culture and identity -- "Know thyself" : college, Asian American studies, ethnic organizations and identity -- Conclusion : moving forth with history.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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