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Unequal origins [electronic resource] : immigrant selection and the education of the second generation / Cynthia Feliciano.

By: Feliciano, Cynthia, 1973-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC): Publisher: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006Description: xi, 177 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Children of immigrants -- Education -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies | Immigrants -- Education -- Cross-cultural studies | Educational attainment -- United States -- Cross-cultural studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 371.826/9120973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction -- Explaining ethnic differences: cultural and structural views -- Those who stay and those who leave -- Immigrant origins and second-generation ambitions -- Immigrant origins and second-generation attainment -- Upwards, downwards, sideways?: the assimilation trajectories of contemporary immigrant groups -- Conclusion: unequal origins, unequal outcomes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-166) and index.

Introduction -- Explaining ethnic differences: cultural and structural views -- Those who stay and those who leave -- Immigrant origins and second-generation ambitions -- Immigrant origins and second-generation attainment -- Upwards, downwards, sideways?: the assimilation trajectories of contemporary immigrant groups -- Conclusion: unequal origins, unequal outcomes.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.