El Sueño Americano? The Generational Progress of Mexican Americans Prior to World War II

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 961-995
Author(s):  
Edward Kosack ◽  
Zachary Ward
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
World War ◽  
Slow Convergence ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
Over Time

We present new estimates of the outcomes of first-generation Mexicans and their descendants between 1880 and 1940. We find zero convergence of the economic gap between Mexicans and non-Mexican whites across three generations. The great-grandchildren of immigrants also had fewer years of education. Slow convergence is not simply due to an inheritance of poverty; rather, Mexican Americans had worse outcomes conditional on the father’s economic status. However, the gap between third-generation Mexican Americans and non-Mexican whites is about half the size today as it was in 1940, suggesting that barriers to Mexican American progress have significantly decreased over time.

‘The problem of validity in field studies of psychological disorders’revisited

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce P. Dohrenwend
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
World War ◽  
Case Identification ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
First And Second Generation

SYNOPSISSince the turn of the century and up to about 1980, there have been two generations of epidemiological studies of the true prevalence of psychiatric disorders: a pre-World War II first generation and a post-World War II second generation. With the appearance of DSM-III in 1980 and the changes in epidemiological proceducres coincident with it, it has become meaningful in the US to talk about the beginnings of a new, third generation or studies in psychiatric epidemiology. The purposes of this paper are: first, to briefly summarize the problems of validity with the procedures for case identification and diagnosis in the first-and second-generation studies; second, to consider some of the newer developments with regard to diagnostic instruments that either are or should be influencing third-generation studies; third, to discuss some of the problems of validity in the handful of third-generation studies done so far; and fourth, to describe and illustrate an approach that seems to make sense in the context of gaps in knowledge of aetiology and pathogenesis that leave us still dependent on interviews for case identification and classification.

scholarly journals A cerimônia do chá como fator de identidade cultural para imigrantes japoneses e seus descendentes no Brasil

1969 ◽  
pp. 39-48
Author(s):  
Cristina Moreira da Rocha
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
The Other ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
World War ◽  
Japanese Art ◽  
Brazilian History ◽  
Brazilian Culture ◽  
Tea Ceremony

This article makes use of a traditional Japanese art, tea ceremony, to examine the attitudes of immigrants who have to face cultural assimilation. In order to do that the author draws a parallel between Brazilian history after World War II and the behavior of immigrants and their descendants since then. Issei (first generation) and (second generation) led different ways since the end of the war. Enjoying a more economically stable situation, and having nowhere to go back to (since Japan had lost the war), the issei went back to their roots and started learning tea ceremony. On the other hand, the nissei needed to assimilate the Brazilian culture if they were to ascend economically and socially. However, since the 80’s Japan has played a central role in the world’s economy and politics. Therefore, there is a new interest in its traditional culture. The research revealed that, presently, not only are nissei and sansei (third generation) willing to learn tea ceremony, but also Brazilians who are non-Japanese descendants.

Mexican Americans and World War II (review)

2007 ◽  
Vol 110 (4) ◽  
pp. 576-577
Author(s):  
Jaime Ramón. Olivares
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
World War

“These Guys Came Out Looking Like Movie Actors”

2016 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 532-576
Author(s):  
Mina Roces
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
The United States ◽  
Manual Labor ◽  
World War ◽  
Marginal Group ◽  
Consumption Practices ◽  
Agricultural Laborer

This article analyzes the dress and consumption practices of the first generation of Filipino male migrants to the United States who arrived from 1906 until the end of World War II. It argues that Filipino migrant men used dress and consumption practices to fashion new identities that rejected their working selves as a lower-class marginal group. The contrast between the utilitarian clothes worn during working hours and the formal suit accentuated the sartorial transformation from lower-class agricultural laborer or Alaskan cannery worker to fashionable dandy and temporarily erased the stigma of manual labor. Two groups of well-dressed Filipino men behaved in contradictory ways: as binge consumers and as anti-consumers. Collectively, Filipino consumption practices that included dress challenged the parameters of social exclusion.

Combating the “Gimme More” Mindset in Modern Classrooms

2016 ◽  
pp. 734-746
Author(s):  
Marian Evelyn Irwin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Individual Choice ◽  
World War ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Core Issue

A primary goal of this chapter is to explore the phenomenon of increased attitudes and behaviors of entitlement among youth in modern America. With a basis that the increase is a result of social mindset shifts of post-World War II America, instances of the “Gimme More” mindset will be explored using qualitative research methodology stemming from the author's experiences and research as an educator. Moreover, the author will provide ways in which educators can combat this character-threatening mentality and help develop more accountable and empathetic citizens despite grade level, race, socio-economic status, and other elements that sometimes detract from a core issue and diverge from individual choice. This explanation will cover ideas that, if reflected accurately and consistently, can transcend to the human race, not certain races by exclusion or exception. While issues of intersectionality must be understood and discussed, they are not widely addressed in this chapter, and they do not ultimately thwart ambitions of global citizenship in the context that is explored here.

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