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13 produkter
Integration of Immigrants into American Society
Av Panel on the Integration of Immigrants into American Society, Committee on Population m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
1039 kr
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The United States prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, and the country has a long history of successfully absorbing people from across the globe. The integration of immigrants and their children contributes to our economic vitality and our vibrant and ever changing culture. We have …
Art and Science of Social Research
Av Deborah Carr, Elizabeth Heger Boyle m. fl.
2020
1655 kr
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Written by a team of renowned sociologists with experience in both the field and the classroom, The Art and Science of Social Research offers authoritative, accessible and balanced coverage of the methods used to study the social world. The authors highlight the challenges of investigating the …
Ethnic Options
Choosing Identities in America
Häftad, 1990
378 kr
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In this perceptive and revealing study, Mary Waters explores the 'reinvention' of ethnicity in the lives of the grandchildren and great grandchildren of European immigrants, asking how their ethnic heritage is lived, maintained, and celebrated. Through in-depth interviews with sixty third and …
Coming of Age in America
The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-First Century
Av Mary C. Waters, Patrick Joseph Carr m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1156 kr
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What is it like to become an adult in twenty-first-century America? This book takes us to four very different places - New York City, San Diego, rural Iowa, and Saint Paul, Minnesota - to explore the dramatic shifts in coming-of-age experiences across the country. Drawing from in-depth interviews …
Coming of Age in America
The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-First Century
Av Mary C. Waters, Patrick Joseph Carr m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
262 kr
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What is it like to become an adult in twenty-first-century America? This book takes us to four very different places - New York City, San Diego, rural Iowa, and Saint Paul, Minnesota - to explore the dramatic shifts in coming-of-age experiences across the country. Drawing from in-depth interviews …
Coming of Age in America
The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-First Century
Av Jennifer Ann Holdaway, Maria Kefalas m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
433 kr
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What is it like to become an adult in twenty-first-century America? This book takes us to four very different places—New York City, San Diego, rural Iowa, and Saint Paul, Minnesota—to explore the dramatic shifts in coming-of-age experiences across the country. Drawing from in-depth interviews with …
Social Inequalities in Comparative Perspective
Inbunden, 2003
1625 kr
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This unique collection of original essays brings a comparative perspective to issues of social inequality. First-rate sociologists from around the world have contributed to this exciting and rigorous volume, drawing upon their own research in the fields of race and ethnicity, class and inequality, …
Social Inequalities in Comparative Perspective
Av Waters, Fiona Devine m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
666 kr
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This unique collection of original essays brings a comparative perspective to issues of social inequality. First-rate sociologists from around the world have contributed to this exciting and rigorous volume, drawing upon their own research in the fields of race and ethnicity, class and inequality, …
Black Identities
West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities
Häftad, 2001
373 kr
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The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is considered a great success. Many of these adoptive citizens have prospered, including General Colin Powell. But Mary Waters tells a very different story about immigrants from the West Indies, especially their children. She finds that when …
New Americans
A Guide to Immigration since 1965
Inbunden, 2007
423 kr
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Listen to a short interview with Mary WatersHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & CraneSalsa has replaced ketchup as the most popular condiment. A mosque has been erected around the corner. The local hospital is staffed by Indian doctors and Philippine nurses, and the local grocery store is owned …
Next Generation
Immigrant Youth in a Comparative Perspective
Av Richard Alba, Mary C. Waters
Inbunden, 2011
969 kr
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One fifth of the population of the United States belongs to the immigrant or second generations. While the US is generally thought of as the immigrant society par excellence, it now has a number of rivals in Europe. The Next Generation brings together studies from top immigration scholars to …
Next Generation
Immigrant Youth in a Comparative Perspective
Av Richard Alba, Mary C. Waters
Häftad, 2011
427 kr
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One fifth of the population of the United States belongs to the immigrant or second generations. While the US is generally thought of as the immigrant society par excellence, it now has a number of rivals in Europe. The Next Generation brings together studies from top immigration scholars to …
Social Inequalities in Comparative Perspective
Av Mary C. Waters, Fiona Devine
E-bok, 2008
1890 kr
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This unique collection of original essays brings a comparative perspective to issues of social inequality. First-rate sociologists from around the world have contributed to this exciting and rigorous volume, drawing upon their own research in the fields of race and ethnicity, class and inequality, …
