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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807765503321

Autore

Feliciano Cynthia <1973->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006

ISBN

1-59332-278-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

The new Americans

Disciplina

371.826/9120973

Soggetti

Children of immigrants - Education - United States

Immigrants - Education

Educational attainment - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.