Unequal origins immigrant selection and the education of the second generation / [electronic resource] :
Cynthia Feliciano.
- New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006.
- xi, 177 p. : ill.
- The new Americans .
- New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) .
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Children of immigrants--Education--United States--Cross-cultural studies. Immigrants--Education--Cross-cultural studies. Educational attainment--United States--Cross-cultural studies.