| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 161 pages) |
| Contents |
Reaching for the Chinese dream -- Theoretical framework -- Cheeseheads, colleges, and Chinese parents -- Chinese forms of capital -- Mianzi, motivations, and higher education |
| Summary |
The Pursuit of the Chinese Dream in America examines the hopes, expectations, challenges, and aspirations of the current generation of Chinese students as they pursue higher education at American universities. Based on interviews with Chinese students, parents, teachers, and educational agents in Shanghai, this ethnographic study analyzes the cultural, economic, and social factors that have fostered the increase of Chinese undergraduates on American campuses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Chinese students -- United States -- Attitudes
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College students -- China -- Attitudes
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College students -- Family relationships -- China
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Foreign study -- Social aspects -- China
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Chinese students -- Attitudes
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College students -- Attitudes
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College students -- Family relationships
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Foreign study -- Social aspects
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China
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021677822 |
| ISBN |
9781498521697 |
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149852169X |
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9781498521697 |
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