Beyond demographic categories: How immigration, ethnicity, and "race" matter for children's identities and pathways through school

Developmental Pathways Through Middle Childhood: Rethinking Contexts and Diversity as Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 181-206

  Cooper, Catherine R ^a   Coll, Cynthia T García ^b   Thorne, Barrie ^c   Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84904828409     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410615558     Document Type: Chapter

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