Learning a New Land

Learning a New Land
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 437
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ISBN-10 : 9780674044111
ISBN-13 : 0674044118
Rating : 4/5 (118 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Learning a New Land by : Carola Suárez-Orozco

Download or read book Learning a New Land written by Carola Suárez-Orozco and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One child in five in America is the child of immigrants, and their numbers increase each year. Based on an extraordinary interdisciplinary study that followed 400 newly arrived children from the Caribbean, China, Central America, and Mexico for five years, this book provides a compelling account of the lives, dreams, academic journeys, and frustrations of these youngest immigrants.


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