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Item Details
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TRANSFORMATIONS
IMMIGRATION, FAMILY LIFE, AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AMONG LATINO ADOLESCENTS |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£44.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0804725500 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780804725507 |
| Publisher: |
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 1995 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Focusing on the puzzling differences between adolescents born in Mexico and those born in the U.S., this psychocultural study examines why second-generation Latinos lose the desire to achieve. |
| Synopsis: |
In virtually all advanced industrialised 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 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 Mexico-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, US-born adolescents seem angry, frustrated, and less interested in academic achievement. In a psychological and cultural study of four groups of adolescents this study seeks to account for this difference. |
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US |
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Stanford University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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