The "other" story of model minorities: Korean American high school dropouts in an urban context

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-323

  Lew, Jamie ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Korean American; Race and ethnic identities; Second generation immigrants; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744266442     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aeq.2004.35.3.303     Document Type: Article

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