The Success Frame and Achievement Paradox: The Costs and Consequences for Asian Americans

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-55

  Lee, Jennifer ^a   Zhou, Min ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Chinese; Educational attainment; Second generation; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893978021     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-014-9112-7     Document Type: Article

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