The children of immigrants at school [electronic resource] : 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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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