The Other Side of Assimilation. Tomas Jimenez

The Other Side of Assimilation

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Автор произведения: Tomas Jimenez

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Жанр: История

Издательство: Ingram

isbn: 9780520968370

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The immigration patterns of the last three decades have profoundly changed nearly every aspect of life in the United States. What do those changes mean for the most established Americans&mdash;those whose families have been in the country for multiple generations?<BR /> &#160;<BR /><I>The Other Side of Assimilation</I>&#160;shows that assimilation is&#160;not a&#160;one-way street. Jim&eacute;nez explains how established Americans undergo their own assimilation in response to profound immigration-driven ethnic, racial, political, economic, and cultural shifts. Drawing on interviews with a race and class spectrum of established Americans in three different Silicon Valley cities,&#160;<I>The Other Side of Assimilation</I>&#160;illuminates how established Americans make sense of their experiences in immigrant-rich environments, in work, school, public interactions, romantic life, and leisure activities. With lucid prose, Jim&eacute;nez reveals how immigration&#160;not only changes&#160;the American cityscape&#160;but also reshapes&#160;the United States by altering the outlooks and identities of its most established citizens.&#160;<BR />