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9780804725514

Transformations

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  • ISBN13:

    9780804725514

  • ISBN10:

    0804725519

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-12-01
  • Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
Civilization's New Discontent: Immigrants and Refugees in a Post-Utopian Momentp. 11
Uncertain Journeys: Latinos in the United Statesp. 47
Between Paradoxesp. 82
Family and Peersp. 111
Achievement Motivation and Attitudes Toward Schoolp. 154
Anxious Neighborsp. 184
Epilogue: The Need for Strangers: Proposition 187 and the Immigration Malaisep. 191
Appendix: Statistical Tablesp. 203
Notesp. 213
Bibliographyp. 237
Indexp. 259
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