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Author Yang, Dennis T., author.

Title The pursuit of the Chinese dream in America : Chinese undergraduate students at American universities / Dennis T. Yang.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 161 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Chinese students -- United States -- Attitudes.
Chinese students.
United States.
College students -- China -- Attitudes.
College students.
China.
College students -- Family relationships -- China.
Foreign study -- Social aspects -- China.
Foreign study -- Social aspects.
Foreign study.
College students -- Family relationships.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Chinese students -- Attitudes.
College students -- Attitudes.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: The pursuit of the Chinese dream in America Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016] 9781498521680 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2015039721
ISBN 9781498521697 ebook
149852169X
9781498521680 cloth : alkaline paper
9781498521697 electronic
1498521681