{"product_id":"spanish-legacies-alejandro-portes-9780520286306","title":"Spanish Legacies: The Coming of Age of the Second Generation","description":"Much like the United States, the countries of Western Europe have experienced massive immigration in the last three decades. Spain, in particular, has been transformed from an immigrant-exporting country to one receiving hundreds of thousands of new immigrants. Today, almost 13 percent of the country's population is foreign-born.\u003ci\u003e Spanish Legacies\u003c\/i\u003e, written by internationally known experts on immigration, explores how the children of immigrants--the second generation--are coping with the challenges of adaptation to Spanish society, comparing their experiences with those of their peers in the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using a rich data set based on both survey and ethnographic material, \u003ci\u003eSpanish Legacies\u003c\/i\u003e describes the experiences of growing up by the large population of second-generation youths in Spain and the principal outcomes of the process--from national self-identification and experiences of discrimination to educational attainment and labor-market entry. The study is based on a sample of almost 7,000 second-generation students who were interviewed in Madrid and Barcelona in 2008 and then followed and re-interviewed four years later. A survey of immigrant parents, a replacement sample for lost respondents in the second survey, and a survey of native-parentage students complement this rich data set. Outcomes of the adaptation process in Spain are systematically presented in five chapters, introduced by real-life histories of selected respondents drawn by the study's ethnographic module. Systematic comparisons with results from the United States show a number of surprising similarities in the adaptation of children of immigrants in both countries, as well as differences marked by contrasting experiences of discrimination, self-identities, and ambition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alejandro Portes, Rosa Aparicio Gomez, William Haller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520286308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520286306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Alejandro Portes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44254724423935,"sku":"9780520286306","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd0c9185-8244-4ef5-9f19-0b191148e019.jpg?v=1694614010","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spanish-legacies-alejandro-portes-9780520286306","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}