The children of immigrants at school : a comparative look at integration in the United States and Western Europe / edited by Richard Alba and Jennifer Holdaway.

Other author Alba, Richard D. editor.
Other author Holdaway, Jennifer, editor.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : New York University Press, [2013]
Descriptionx, 340 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Children of immigrants--United States. --Social conditions.
Children of immigrants--Europe. --Social conditions.
Children of immigrants--United States. --Economic conditions.
Children of immigrants--Europe. --Economic conditions.
Children of immigrants--Education. --United States.
Children of immigrants--Education. --Europe.
Social integration--United States.
Social integration--Europe.

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.
General note"A joint publication of the Social Science Research Council and New York University Press."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 281-313) and index.
Genre/formAufsatzsammlung.
LCCN 2013017065
ISBN9780814760949 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0814760945 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN9780814760253 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN0814760252 (pb : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40023305122

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HQ792 .U5 C4325 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold