Table of Contents for Compelled to Excel

Compelled to Excel
Immigration, Education, and Opportunity among Chinese Americans
Vivian S. Louie
Table of Contents for Knowledge and Money

Table of Contents for

Compelled to Excel

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One. FAMILY JOURNEYS TO AMERICA

1.Mainstream, Suburban America

2.Urban, Ethnic-Enclave America

Part Two. HOW CHILDREN MAKE SENSE OF EDUCATION: A FAMILY MATTER

3.Ethnic Culture, Immigration, and Race in America

4.Cultures-in-Transition: Gender and Migration

5."Ending Up" at Hunter

6.A Place at Columbia

Part Three. THE SECOND-GENERATION EXPERIENCE

7.Parental Sacrifice and the Obligations of Children

8.Second-Generation Identities

CONCUSION. Looking toward the Future: A Raceless World or a World Divided by Race?

Methodological Notes

Notes

References

Index

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