Author : Mary C. WATERS
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 41,45 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780674044944
Book Description
The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is generally considered to be a great success. Mary Waters, however, tells a very different story. She finds that the values that gain first-generation immigrants initial success--a willingness to work hard, a lack of attention to racism, a desire for education, an incentive to save--are undermined by the realities of life and race relations in the United States. Contrary to long-held beliefs, Waters finds, those who resist Americanization are most likely to succeed economically, especially in the second generation.