The children of immigrants at school : a comparative look at integration in the United States and Western Europe /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Alba, Richard D., Holdaway, Jennifer
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2013.
Series:Social Science Research Council.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Richard Alba, Jennifer Holdaway and Josh DeWind
  • The integration imperative : introduction / Richard Alba and Jennifer Holdaway
  • Educating the children of immigrants in old and new Amsterdam / Maurice Crul, Jennifer Holdaway, Helga de Valk, Norma Fuentes, and Mayida Zaal
  • Different systems, similar results : youth of immigrant origin at school in California and Catalonia / Margaret Gibson, Silvia Carrasco, Jordie Pamies, Maribel Ponferrada, and Anne Ros
  • Second generation attainment and inequality : primary and secondary effects on educational outcomes in Britain and the U.S. / Mary C. Waters, Anthony Heath, Van C. Tran, and Vikki Boliver
  • How similar educational inequalities are constructed in two different systems, France and the U.S. : why they lead to disparate labor-market outcomes / Richard Alba, Roxane Silberman, Dalia Abdel-Hady, Yal Brinbaum, and Amy Lutz
  • Promising practices : preparing children of immigrants in New York and Sweden / Carola Suarez-Orozco, Margary Martin, Mikael Alexandersson, L. Janelle Dance, and Johannes Lunneblad
  • The children of immigrants at school : conclusions and recommendations / Richard Alba and Jennifer Holdaway
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index.