Growing Up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States

by Carl L. Bankston III, Min Zhou, Carl Bankston

Book Overview

Vietnamese Americans form a unique segment of the new U.S. immigrant population. Uprooted from their homeland and often thrust into poor urban neighborhoods, these newcomers have nevertheless managed to establish strong communities in a short space of time. Most remarkably, their children often perform at high academic levels despite difficult circumstances. Growing Up American tells the story of Vietnamese children and sheds light on how they are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871549948
• ISBN13: 9780871549945
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"