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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: White, Michael J., 1953-
Other Authors: Glick, Jennifer E.
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2009.
Subjects:
Assimilation (Sociology) > United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2009 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2009 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Achieving Anew: How New Immigrants Do in American Schools, Jobs, and Neighborhoods
Format: Electronic eBook
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 achivement
  • Neighborhood : residential assimilation of immigrants and ethnic groups
  • Conclusion : immigrant assimilation and social policy.