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ERIC Number: EJ258836
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1980
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Personal Communities in the City: Support Networks among Mexican-Americans and Anglo-Americans.
Keefe, Susan Emley
Urban Anthropology, v9 n1 p51-74 Spr 1980
Survey found that: (1) immigrant Mexican networks are the smallest, are kin and friend based, and include almost exclusively Mexicans; (2) American born Mexican American networks are the largest, are kin based, and are somewhat ethnically mixed; and (3) Anglo American networks are relatively small, are friend based, and are almost exclusively Anglo. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Relations, Ethnicity, Family Relationship, Friendship, Immigrants, Interpersonal Relationship, Mexican Americans, Networks, Social Life, Urban Areas
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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