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Title 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. a joint publication of the Social Science Research Council and New York University Press.

Publication Info. New York : NYU Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 340 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note "Joint publication of the Social Science Research Council and New York University Press."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-313) and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Children of immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
Children of immigrants.
United States.
Social conditions.
Children of immigrants -- Europe -- Social conditions.
Europe.
Children of immigrants -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Children of immigrants -- Europe -- Economic conditions.
Children of immigrants -- Education -- United States.
Children of immigrants -- Education.
Children of immigrants -- Education -- Europe.
Social integration -- United States.
Social integration.
Social integration -- Europe.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Alba, Richard D.
Holdaway, Jennifer.
Other Form: Print version: Children of immigrants at school 9780814760949 (DLC) 2013017065 (OCoLC)841516996
ISBN 9780814724354 (electronic book)
0814724353 (electronic book)
9780814760949
0814760945
9780814760253
0814760252