Immigrant Advantage: What We Can Learn from Newcomers to America about Health, Happiness and Hope

"Journalist Kolker investigates the imported traditions and attitudes toward health, hard work, and education that give newcomers an edge over the native-born...Kolker's explorations teach and entertain with their curiosity, can-do spirit, and vibrant bouquet of cultures and customs" (Publishers Weekly).

Author: Claudia Kolker
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 09/21/2013
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781416586838
ISBN10: 1416586830
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions

About the Author
Claudia Kolker is an award-winning journalist who has reported from Mexico, El Salvador, the Caribbean, Japan and India. A former Los Angeles Times bureau chief and former member of The Houston Chronicle editorial board, she has also written for The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Economist, O: The Oprah Magazine, Slate, and Salon. She lives in Houston with her family