Ethnic Origins: The Adaptation of Cambodian and Hmong Refugees in Four American Cities

by Jeremy Hein

Immigration studies have increasingly focused on how immigrant adaptation to their new homelands is influenced by the social structures in the sending society, particularly its economy. Less scholarly research has focused on the ways that the cultural make-up of immigrant homelands influences their adaptation to life in a new country. In Ethnic Origins, Jeremy Hein investigates the role of religion, family, and other cultural factors on immigrant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871543362
• ISBN13: 9780871543363
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"