Over the ivy walls : the educational mobility of low-income Chicanos /

Over the ivy walls : the educational mobility of low-income Chicanos /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gandara, Patricia C.
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995.
Description:	xii, 151 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series, social context of education
Subject:	Mexican Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Social aspects. Mexican Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Economic aspects. Academic achievement -- United States. Educational sociology -- United States. Academic achievement. Educational mobility. Educational sociology. Mexican Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Economic aspects. Mexican Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Social aspects. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2368700

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ISBN:	0791426092 0791426106 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-145) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. The Study
2. Home Influences
3. Family Stories as Cultural Capital
4. Schools and Neighborhoods
5. Peers
6. Personal Attributes and Individual Differences
7. The Women
8. Summary and Conclusions
9. Lessons for School Reform
Appendix
Bibliography
Index