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Table of contents(20 chapters)
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Introduction
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Setting the Stage: The Historical Framework
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Looking into the Past: Some Lessons from the “Second Wave”
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Recent and Current Waves of Young Immigrants and Refugees
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"It is frequently claimed that contemporary immigration to the United States - the Post-1965 Immigration Wave - is unprecedented in its magnitude, diversity, and challenge to America's absorptive capacity. The chapters in this volume, written by leading scholars and practitioners, show the many parallels of the present situation with America's largely successful integration of earlier waves of immigrants. The central conclusion is that the openness of America's educational and economic opportunities for young immigrants, and the native-born children of immigrants, has been the key to America's successful past and can be again in the future." - Charles Hirschman, University of Washington
"Displaying a brilliant balance between lessons learned from past immigrant experiences, deep analyses of current immigrant groups, and the role of various factors affecting integration like education, culture, policies, and organizations, this is an excellent read." - Contemporary Sociology
About the authors
GERHARD SONNERT is Sociologist of Science and Research Associate in the Department of Physics at Harvard University, USA.
GERALD HOLTON is Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics and Research Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed
Book Subtitle: Public Policy, Aid, and Education
Editors: Gerhard Sonnert, Gerald Holton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230112964
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Education Collection, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Gerhard Sonnert and Gerald Holton 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-62196-1Published: 18 October 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-38373-3Published: 18 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11296-4Published: 27 September 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 316
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Childhood, Adolescence and Society, International and Comparative Education, Sociology of Education, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Nature Conservation, Educational Policy and Politics