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Title:

Young children of Black immigrants in America : changing flows, changing faces / Randy Capps and Michael Fix, editors.

Publisher:

Migration Policy Institute,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

384 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Children of immigrants--United States.
Children, Black--United States.
Child development--United States.
Children--Health and hygiene--United States.
Immigrants--United States.
Africans--United States.
West Indians--United States.

Other Authors:

Fix, Michael.
Capps, Randy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Introduction / by Michael Fix, Randy Capps, and Kristen McCabe -- Demography of a rapidly growing immigrant population to the United States. Contemporary Black Caribbean immigrants in the United States / by Kevin J.A. Thomas ; New streams : Black African migration to the United States / by Randy Capps, Kristen McCabe, and Michael Fix ; Young children in Black immigrant families from Africa and the Caribbean / by Donald J. Hernandez -- Family circumstances, early childhood outcomes and school readiness. Black and immigrant : exploring the effects of ethnicity and foreign-born status on infant health / by Tiffany L. Green ; Parenting behavior, health, and cognitive development among children in Black immigrant families : comparing the United States and United Kingdom / by Margot Jackson ; 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 ; 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 ; Transnational parenting : child fostering in Ghanaian immigrant families / by Cati Coe -- Educational experiences and academic achievement. Beyond black : diversity among Black immigrant students in New York City public schools / by Fabienne Doucet, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Elizabeth Debraggio ; The academic development of Black foreign-born students in Miami-Dade County schools / by Dylan Conger and Megan Hatch -- Will the paradox hold? Uncovering the path to academic success for young children of Black immigrants / by Carola Su©Łrez-Orozco.

ISBN:

0983159114 (pbk.)
9780983159117 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)772111091

LCCN:

2012023829

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)