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UNINA9910453319103321 |
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Titolo |
Immigrant children : change, adaptation, and cultural transformation / / edited by Susan S. Chuang and Robert P. Moreno |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2011] |
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©2011 |
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0-7391-2390-4 |
0-7391-6706-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (331 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ChuangSusan S. <1969-> |
MorenoRobert P. <1962-> |
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Acculturation |
Immigrant children |
Immigrant families |
Refugee children |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Changing Lives; Chapter 2: Immigrant Children; Chapter 3: A Resilience Framework to Examine Immigrant and Refugee Children and Youth in Canada; Chapter 4: Social Functioning and Peer Experiences in Immigrant Chinese, Canadian-born Chinese, and European Canadian Children; Chapter 5: The Achievement/Adjustment Paradox; Chapter 6: Youth Risk Behavior among Mexican-Origin Adolescents; Chapter 7: The Acculturation and Adaptation of Second-Generation Immigrant Youth in Toronto and Montreal |
Chapter 8: Service Providers' Perspectives on the Pathways of Adjustment for Newcomer Children and Youth in CanadaChapter 9: The Social Relational Perspective on Family Acculturation; Chapter 10: Psychological Aspects of Immigration among Youth Living in Portugal; Chapter 11: School Readiness in Latino Immigrant Children in the United States; Chapter 12: Challenges Facing Immigrant Parents and Their Involvement in Their Children's Schooling; Chapter 13: |
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Acculturation-Related Conflict across Generations in Immigrant Families; Chapter 14: New Arrivals; Author Index; Subject Index |
About the EditorsList of Contributors |
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This edited book focuses on immigrant and refugee children around the world and will provide readers with a richer and more comprehensive approach of how researchers, practitioners, and social policymakers can examine immigrant children and youth among ethnic minority families. Also, the chapters will focus on the various methodological advances used to explicitly investigate immigrant children and youth. |
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UNINA9910794253903321 |
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Autore |
Sparks Charles P. |
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Titolo |
Fundamentals of marine riser mechanics : basic principles and simplified analyses / / C. P. Sparks |
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Offshore oil well drilling |
Drilling platforms |
Oil fields - Production methods |
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UNINA9910786936803321 |
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Addleton Jonathan S (Jonathan Stuart), <1957-> |
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Mongolia and the United States [[electronic resource] ] : a diplomatic history / / Jonathan S. Addleton |
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Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, 2013 |
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988-8268-70-8 |
988-8180-86-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (205 p.) |
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Collana |
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ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series |
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Mongolia Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations Mongolia |
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"An ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Book." |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Acronyms -- Glossary of Mongolian terms -- Introduction -- Early encounters -- Establishing diplomatic relations -- Supporting democracy -- Partnering on development -- Building commercial ties -- Promoting security -- Sustaining people-to-people relationships -- Looking ahead -- Annexes. |
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Former U.S. ambassador Jonathan Addleton provides a pioneering firsthand look at the remarkable growth of civil society and diplomatic ties between two countries separated by vast distances yet sharing a growing list of strategic interests and values. While maintaining positive ties with Russia and China, its powerful neighbors and still-dominant trading partners, Mongolia has sought "third neighbors" to help provide balance, including Canada, Japan, Korea, European nations, and the United States. For its part, the United States has supported Mongolia as an emerging democracy while fostering development and commercial relations. People-to-people ties have significantly expanded in recent years, as has a security partnership that supports Mongolia's emergence as a provider of military peacekeepers under the U.N. flag in Sierra Leone, Chad, Kosovo, Darfur, South Sudan, and elsewhere. While focusing on diplomatic relations over the last quarter century, Addleton also briefly describes American encounters with Mongolia over the past 150 years. More recently, Mongolia has emerged as a magnet for foreign investment, making it one of the world's fastest growing |
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