Strengths and challenges of new immigrant families [electronic resource] : implications for research, education, policy, and service / edited by Rochelle L. Dalla [and others].
- Published
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2009]
- Copyright Date
- ©2009
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 436)
- Additional Creators
- Dalla, Rochelle L.
Access Online
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu , Click here to view book
- Contents
- How immigration changes immigrants and how imigrants change america -- A sociological analysis of the psychosocial adaptation of Khmer refugees in Massachusetts -- Understanding the immigration experience through a life course lens: four personal stories-- Transnational families and the social construction of identity: whiteness matters -- Influence of american culture on east indian immigrants: perception of marriage and family life -- Strong marriages in latino culture -- Family strengths of hmong and somali refugees in the united states -- Migrating latinas and the grief process -- Career and employment concerns of immigrant women -- Childcare challenges f african immigrant families: an inductive thematic analysis -- Decisions about child rearing practices in first genereation asian indian immigrants -- Intergenerational differences in acculturation and family conflict among korean immigrant families -- Lost boys finding their way: challenges, changes, and small victories of young sudanese refugees in the united states -- Distant relations between migrant adult children and their older parents -- Co-residence in chinese immigrant families -- Stress, status, and sociability: exploring residential satisfaction in the rural midwest following rapid immigration -- Rural Latino immigrant families: hunger satisfaction in the rural midwest following rapid immigration -- Rural latino immigrant families: hunger, housing, and social support -- Parental stress among u.s. mexican heritage parents: implications for culturally relevant family life education -- The impact of latino immigrants and bicultural program coordinators on organizational philosophy and values: a case study of organizational responsiveness.
- Summary
- Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions--from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers--the abilities and positivecharacteristics they bring as individuals and families to our country, and how these contribute to the agency, growth, and vitality of America. This book was intended to move the discussion of immigration, generally speaking, and of immigrant families specifically, to include how and in what ways new immigrants to America (those arriving withi.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780739130605 (electronic bk.)
0739130609 (electronic bk.) - Note
- AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Technical Details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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