Relations between the generations in immigrant families

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2011, Pages 545-564

  Foner, Nancy ^a   Dreby, Joanna ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative research; Immigration; Parent child relations; Second generation; Transnational families

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960472822     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-081309-150030     Document Type: Review

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