Kids in the Middle : : How Children of Immigrants Negotiate Community Interactions for Their Families /

Kids in the Middle : : How Children of Immigrants Negotiate Community Interactions for Their Families / / Vikki S. Katz.

Show other versions (1)

Complicating the common view that immigrant incorporation is a top-down process, determined largely by parents, Vikki Katz explores how children actively broker connections that enable their families to become woven into the fabric of American life. Children's immersion in the U.S. school syste...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Katz, Vikki S.,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.) :; 5 tables
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Children, Family, and Community
  • 2. Settling in Greater Crenshaw
  • 3. Child Brokers and Their Families
  • 4. Community Begins at Home
  • 5. Gateways to Family Wellbeing
  • 6. Shortchanging the Immigrant Bargain?
  • 7. Brokering and Its Consequences
  • Appendix: Challenges of Departure
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

Similar Items