The Children of Immigrants at School : : A Comparative Look at Integration in the United States and Western Europe /

The Children of Immigrants at School : : A Comparative Look at Integration in the United States and Western Europe / / ed. by Richard Alba, Jennifer Holdaway.

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The Children of Immigrants at School explores the 21st-century consequences of immigration through an examination of how the so-called second generation is faring educationally in six countries: France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United States. In this insightful volume, R...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Abdelhady, Dalia,
Alba, Richard,
Alexandersson, Mikael,
Boliver, Vikki,
Brinbaum, Yaël,
Carrasco, Silvia,
Crul, Maurice,
Dance, L. Janelle,
DeWind, Josh,
Fuentes, Norma,
Gibson, Margaret,
Heath, Anthony,
Holdaway, Jennifer,
Lunneblad, Johannes,
Lutz, Amy,
Martin, Margary,
Ponferrada, Maribel,
Pàmies, Jordi,
Ríos-Rojas, Anne,
Silberman, Roxane,
Suárez-Orozco, Carola,
Tran, Van C.,
Valk, Helga A. G. de,
Waters, Mary C.,
Zaal, Mayida,
HerausgeberIn:
Alba, Richard,
Holdaway, Jennifer,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 35 black and white illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter one. The Integration Imperative: Introduction
  • Chapter two. Educating the Children of Immigrants in Old and New Amsterdam
  • Chapter three. Different Systems, Similar Results: Youth of Immigrant Origin at School in California and Catalonia
  • Chapter four. Second-Generation Attainment and Inequality: Primary and Secondary Effects on Educational Outcomes in Britain and the United States
  • Chapter five. How Similar Educational Inequalities Are Constructed in Two Different Systems, France and the United States: Why They Lead to Disparate Labor-Market Outcomes
  • Chapter six. Promising Practices: Preparing Children of Immigrants in New York and Sweden
  • Chapter seven. The Children of Immigrants at School: Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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