Immigrant stories
Subtitle: ethnicity and academics in middle childhood
By: Cynthia García Coll, Amy Kerivan Marks.
Contributors: Marks, Amy Kerivan.
Series: Child development in cultural context; Child development in cultural context
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780195174595
Subjects: Children of immigrants -- United States; Children of immigrants -- Education -- United States; Child development -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-282) and index.
Table of contents: title: Immigrant stories: ethnicity and educational pathways during middle childhood; title: Why study children of immigrants?; title: The developmental tasks of middle childhood; title: The children of immigrants: development in context (CIDC) study; title: The Cambodian community: small, isolated, and resilient; title: The Dominican community: recent, growing, and vibrant; title: The Portuguese community: steady, long established, and partially integrated; title: Modeling children of immigrants' academic achievement; title: Final reflections.