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The immigrant advantage : what we can learn from newcomers to America about health, happiness, and hope / Claudia Kolker.

Kolker, Claudia. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781416586821
  • ISBN: 1416586822
  • Physical Description: vii, 239 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover edition
  • Publisher: New York : Free Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 How to Save: The Vietnamese Money Club 19 -- 2 How to Mother a Mother: The Mexican Cuarentena 38 -- 3 How to Court: South Asian Assisted Marriage 61 -- 4 How to Learn: Korean and Chinese Afterschools 87 -- 5 How to Shelter: West Indian Multigenerational Households 102 -- 6 How to Be a Good Neighbor: Barrio Stoops, Sidewalks, and Shops 125 -- 7 How to Eat: Vietnamese Monthly Rice 153 -- 8 How to Collect: the American Money Club 176.
Subject: Immigrants > United States > Social life and customs > 21st century.
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions.

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