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The Pursuit of the Chinese Dream in America: Chinese Undergraduate Students at American Universities

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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.

Product Details

Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781498521680
SKU
V9781498521680
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99-1

About Dennis Tao Yang
Dennis T. Yang is associate director for the Beijing Gateway Office at Boston University.

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Employing an ethnographic approach, Yang examines the cultural and social reasons that drive the steady influx of Chinese students onto US campuses for their undergraduate degrees. The author applies the Wisconsin model of status attainment and Bourdieu's capital theory as his theoretical framework and analyzes firsthand data from interviews with students, parents, teachers, and educational agents in Shanghai. After a ... Read more

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