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Title Minority status and schooling : a comparative study of immigrant and involuntary minorities / [edited by] Margaret Gibson, John Ogbu.

Publication Info. New York : Garland, 1991.

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 Moore Stacks  LC3745 .M56 1991    Available  ---
Description x, 407 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Garland reference library of social science ; vol. 618. Reference books in international education ; vol. 7
Garland reference library of social science ; v. 618.
Garland reference library of social science. Reference books in international education ; v. 7.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Immigrant and involuntary minorities in comparative perspective -- Immigrant adaptation to schooling : a hispanic case -- Dynamics of educational decision making : a comparative study of Sikhs in Britain and the United States -- Turkish immigrants in Australia -- Koreans in Japan and the United States -- Ethnicity, gender and social class : the school adaptation patterns of West Indian youths -- Situational ethnicity and patterns of school performance among immigrant and nonimmigrant Mexican-descent students -- Low school performance as an adaptation : the case of Blacks in Stockton, California -- Education and American Indians : the experience of the Ute Indian Tribe -- New Zealand experience : Maoris -- Social mobility and education : Burakumin in Japan -- Minorities and schooling : some implications.
Subject Children of immigrants -- Education -- Case studies.
Children of immigrants -- Education.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Minorities -- Education -- Case studies.
Minorities -- Education.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Added Author Gibson, Margaret A.
Ogbu, John U.
ISBN 0824035348 alkaline paper
0815304641 cover