The New Americans Immigrants and Transnationals at Work

by Trueba, Enrique T.

• ISBN13: 9780742528833
• ISBN10: 0742528839
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-03
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

American society is changing in front of our eyes with the presence of new Americans, immigrants and transnationals, whose experiences have prepared them to play key leadership roles in our country. The paradox of having the poorest of the new Americans rising to important social, economic, and academic roles is explained in these pages.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	1	(10)
The Social and Cultural Context of Life in the Valley	11	(24)
Immigration and the Transnational Experience	35	(36)
Ethnic Identity Formation of Immigrants and Transnationals: The Struggle for Liberation in America	71	(34)
Liberation and Cognitive Development: A Vygotskian Approach to the Empowerment of Immigrants and Transnationals	105	(28)
A Case Study in Educational Leadership	133	(26)
Resilience and Educational Leadership	159	(30)
Building a New America with Immigrants and Transnationals: ``With Equity and Justice for All''	189	(30)
Appendix Trueba's Life as an Ethnographer	219	(24)
Glossary	243	(14)
Selected Bibliography of Henry Trueba	257	(4)
Index	261	(10)
About the Author	271