Remote acculturation: The "americanization" of Jamaican Islanders

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-177

  Ferguson, Gail M ^a   Bornstein, Marc H ^b  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NICHD   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; Black African American; Caribbean West Indian; deterritorialization; family obligations; globalization; immigrant paradox; immigration; tridimensional acculturation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; JAMAICA; MIGRATION; REMOTE SENSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861830858     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025412437066     Document Type: Article

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