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Download full textHirschman, Charles; Wong, Morrison G. – 1983
Asian-Americans are educational overachievers, and have been for many decades. There are various explanations for the high educational achievement of Asian-Americans. The most frequently cited theory is that their native culture places a premium on ambition, persistence, and deferred gratification. Other theories attribute this success to…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Cultural Background
Kim, Won Yong – 1985
Focusing on the general consumption pattern of ethnic newspapers by Asian-Americans and the underlying attributes of that consumption, a study surveyed 406 randomly selected Asian-Americans (Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, and Filipinos) in the Los Angeles area. The data were analyzed in terms of developmental trends of consumption by years of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Ethnic Studies
Ito, Karen L.; Tashima, Eugene – 1981
While an individual in his own culture is expected to have a stable self concept, one who is placed in a totally different context may experience difficulties because ideas about self in the old society are no longer appropriate in the new one. In order to survive, the individual has to redefine his self concept to make it more functional in the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Cultural Context
Farmer, George L. – 1969
This document considers the education of Oriental Americans a dilemma, since the Oriental-American minority is reported to represent proportionately the highest educated group in the U.S., bears a pluralistic and bicultural background, and a long history of having been subjected to restrictions and exploitation in the American West. The main…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Community
Ong, Paul M., Comp.; Lum, William Wong, Comp. – 1974
This bibliography is stated to be a major revision of an earlier compilation of theses and dissertations relating to Asians in America, and includes approximately 800 new titles. The titles are arranged by ethnic groups within broad geographic categories, and topical areas are outlined for ethnic subdivisions containing a substantial number of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Bias, Bibliographies
McDermott, John F., Jr., Ed.; And Others – 1980
Following an introduction in which the concept of culture in its various aspects is defined, this 1980 book deals with major ethnic groups in Hawaii in the order of their arrival in the state, with a chapter devoted to each. The story of each group discusses the history of immigration, traditional culture, stereotypes that need clarification, the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Chinese Americans, Cultural Differences
