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