Young children of Black immigrants in America
Subtitle: changing flows, changing faces
By: edited by Michael Fix and Randy Capps
Publisher: Migration Policy Institute
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780983159117
Subjects: Health and hygiene; Immigrants; Children of immigrants; Africans; Black Children; Child development; West Indians; Children
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Michael Fix, Randy Capps, and Kristen McCabe -- -- Demography of a rapidly growing immigrant population to the United States; title: Contemporary Black Caribbean immigrants in the United States / by Kevin J.A. Thomas --; title: New streams: Black African migration to the United States / by Randy Capps, Kristen McCabe, and Michael Fix --; title: Young children in Black immigrant families from Africa and the Caribbean / by Donald J. Hernandez -- -- Family circumstances, early childhood outcomes and school readiness; title: Black and immigrant: exploring the effects of ethnicity and foreign-born status on infant health / by Tiffany L. Green --; title: Parenting behavior, health, and cognitive development among children in Black immigrant families: comparing the United States and United Kingdom / by Margot Jackson --; title: Patterns and predictors of school readiness and early school success among young children in Black immigrant families / by Danielle A. Crosby and Angelica S. Dunbar --; title: Circumstances and outcomes among Black immigrant mothers and their young children: evidence from Palm Beach County, Florida / by Lauren Rich, Julie Spielberger, and Angela Valdovinos D'Angelo --; title: Transnational parenting: child fostering in Ghanaian immigrant families / by Cati Coe -- -- Educational experiences and academic achievement; title: Beyond black: diversity among Black immigrant students in New York City public schools / by Fabienne Doucet, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Elizabeth Debraggio --; title: The academic development of Black foreign-born students in Miami-Dade County schools / by Dylan Conger and Megan Hatch --; title: Will the paradox hold? Uncovering the path to academic success for young children of Black immigrants / by Carola Suarez-Orozco.