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Author Olsen, Laurie.

Title Made in America : immigrant students in our public schools / Laurie Olsen ; [foreword by Herbert Kohl].

Publication Info. New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2008.
©1997

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  371.82691 O52M    Check Shelf
Edition Tenth anniversary edition.
Description x, 276 pages ; 24 cm
Contents At the crossroads -- The maps of Madison High : on separation and invisibility -- We make each other racial : the Madison High world as perceived by the "American" student -- Learning the language of America -- To find your race and your place : race tracks at Madison High -- Love and marriage : how young immigrant women negotiate the terrain between cultures -- Creating a support place for immigrants -- Adults in the crossroads -- A different voice, a daily struggle -- Madison High, the state, and the nation -- Conclusions : What futures will we choose as a multicultural society?
Note "With a new preface by the author"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [268]-276).
Subject Children of immigrants -- Education -- California -- Case studies.
Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- California -- Case studies.
Education, Bilingual -- California -- Case studies.
ISBN 9781595583499 paperback
1595583491 paperback
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