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Unequal Origins: Immigrant Selection and the Education of the Second Generation


Book Description
Feliciano examines how immigrants compare to those left behind in their origin countries, and how that selection affects the educational adaptation of children of immigrants in the United States. Her findings contradict the assumption that immigrants are negatively selected: nearly all immigrants are more educated than the populations in their home countries, but Asian immigrants are the most high... More
Book Information
PublisherLfb Scholarly Pub Llc
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages190
ISBN-101593320876
ISBN-13978-1593320874
Publication Date12/15/2005
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About Cynthia Feliciano (Author) : Cynthia Feliciano is a published author. A published credit of Cynthia Feliciano is Unequal Origins: Immigrant Selection and the Education of the Second Generation (The New Americans: Recent Immigrati... more
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