Hamilton Books
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978-0-7618-6970-2 • Hardback • August 2017 • $76.00 • (£58.00)
978-0-7618-6971-9 • eBook • August 2017 • $72.00 • (£52.00)
Joseph R. Franco is a Professor in the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Mental Health Counseling in the Dyson College of Arts & Sciences at Pace University’s Pleasantville Campus. He directs the M.S. in Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Field Supervision. Dr. Franco is a Practicing Clinician, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, Membership Chair and Past President of the New York Mental Health Counselors Association. He holds a Ph.D. & M.Phil. in Sociology from CUNY Graduate Center.
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Abstract
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Statement of the Problem
Chapter 2: Case Studies
Chapter 3: Literature Review
Chapter 4: Research Methods and Statistical Analysis
Chapter 5: Ethnicity and Employment
Chapter 6: Ethnicity and Education
Chapter 7: US Generation and Social Class in Relation to Ethnic Traditionalism
Chapter 8: A Pre-Professional Perspective
Chapter 9: Significance of Research and Conclusions
Appendix I: Questionnaire
Appendix II: Commentary on Questionnaire
Appendix III: Additional Survey Questions, Results, and Analysis
References
Index
Like all ethnic groups, Italians are torn between the past and the future. Between preserving traditional solidarities of family, community, and culture, on the one hand, and pursuing mobility and integration in our increasingly hybrid society, on the other. In this book, Joseph Franco explores the interior tug-of-war among students at a small university in metropolitan New York.
— Stephen Steinberg, Distinguished Professor of Urban Studies, Queens College & Graduate Center, CUNY, and author of The Ethnic Myth and Race Relations: A Critique
This is a book that dares to examine the question of traditional immigrant ethnic values in America. The question of enculturation of ethnic groups remains a lively subject to which Dr. Franco provides important insights. There are several compelling aspects in this book. By far, the most interesting insights are found in the chapter of case studies. The cases presented here give substance to the efforts of students who strive, through meritocracy, to achieve professional middle-class status in the United States.
Above all, this book makes clear that further work in this field is needed as a follow-up to this study. The evolution of immigrants in our country is best studied in the combination of qualitative and quantitative examinations such as this.
— Rostyslaw Robak, Rostyslaw Robak, Professor/Chair, Psychology/Mental Health Counseling, Pace University
How relevant is ethnicity and the “weight of tradition” for the careers of college students? The author explores that question through the story of Italian-American educational and social mobility. The findings are sociologically rich in qualitative and quantitative detail.
— William Kornblum, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Graduate Center, CUNY