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Peer reviewedBailey, Rebecca J. – Journal of Appalachian Studies, 1997
The author relates the story of her parents' outmigration in 1955 from West Virginia to Chicago and their consequent assimilation experiences. The family's problems with self-identity, group identity, discrimination, hostility, cultural differences, and language differences are described and evaluated against the literature, economic factors, and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Differences, Relocation, Residential Patterns
