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Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Education, and Opportunity among Chinese Americans Vivian S. Louie
Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Education, and Opportunity among Chinese Americans
Vivian S. Louie
In the American imagination, Asian Americans are considered an immigrant success story. Vivian Louie challenges the idea that race and class do not matter. Though most Chinese immigrants see higher education as a safeguard against racial discrimination, Louie finds that class differences do indeed shape the students' different paths to college.
256 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 16, 2004 |
| ISBN13 | 9780804749855 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 268 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 15 mm · 358 g |