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Author White, Michael J., 1953-

Title Achieving anew : how new immigrants do in American schools, jobs, and neighborhoods / Michael J. White and Jennifer E. Glick.

Imprint New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.906912 W584a 2009    ---  Available
Description x, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-219) and index.
Contents Introduction -- A tidal wave of immigration? The scale of the contemporary immigration flow -- Revisiting assimilation theory -- Immigration and immigrant policy -- School : educational attainment of immigrants and the second generation -- Work : labor market achievement -- Neighborhood : residential assimilation of immigrants and ethnic groups -- Conclusion : immigrant assimilation and social policy.
Subject United States -- Emigration and immigration.
Assimilation (Sociology) -- United States.
Added Author Glick, Jennifer E.
ISBN 9780871549204 (alk. paper)
0871549204 (alk. paper)

 
    
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