What happened to the children who fled Nazi persecution
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What happened to the children who fled Nazi persecution
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, c2006
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Originally published: 2006
Includes bibliographical references and index
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The result of a four-year, in-depth study of those refugees who came as children or youths from Central Europe to the United States during the 1930s and 1940s, fleeing persecution from the National Socialist regime. This study uses social science methodology and examines their fates in their new country, their successes and tribulations.
Table of Contents
Introduction PARTI: EXODUS Who Left and Why? Through the Eyes of Children Destinations PART II: ADVENT Situation in the United States and Official Policy Organizations and Individuals Who Helped Arriving in America PART III: SETTLING IN From Refugees to Americans The Children's Experience PART IV: SOCIOECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS The Success of Former Refugees: An Analysis Using Who's Who The Big Picture: Representative Data about our Immigrant Cohort from the United States Census Refugees from Central Europe and American-born Jews: A National Jewish Population Survey Analysis Socioeconomic Status: Our Sample PART V: PARTIAL ASSIMILATION: COMPLEX IDENTITIES Language Acquisition Elements of Distinctiveness Collective Identities: Ethnic Option vs. Universalism PART VI: INGREDIENTS OF SUCCESS General Conditions Distinctiveness Advantage and Cultural Capital Career Choice and Career Success Transmission of Social Status Other Effects: Family and Community Circumstances, Age at Arrival, Gender, and Identity Success out of Adversity PART VII: ANGUISH - PRIVATIZEDCOST: SOCIALIZED BENEFITS Enduring Trauma Anguish and Achievement Individual Trajectories PART VIII: EPILOGUE: LESSONS FOR CURRENT REFUGEES
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