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Minority Status & Schooling Hc: A Comparative Study of Immigrant and Involuntary Minorities (Garland Reference Library of Social Science) - Hardcover

Gibson, Margaret A.; Ogbu, John U.

 
9780824035341: Minority Status & Schooling Hc: A Comparative Study of Immigrant and Involuntary Minorities (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)

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First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Synopsis

Addresses the question of why some minority groups do better in school than others, despite substantial barriers related to their different cultures and languages, prejudice, and unequal access to jobs. An introduction establishes the theoretical framework. Case studies examine the school performance of Hispanic, Sikh, Turkish, Korean, West Indian,

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