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Minority education and caste : the American system in cross-cultural perspective / John U. Ogbu.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Carnegie Council on Children publications | Carnegie Council on Children. Carnegie Council on Children monograph ; Publication details: New York : Academic Press, c1978.Description: xxi, 410 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0125242506
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.9/7
LOC classification:
  • LC3731 .O35
Contents:
Caste and education and how they function in the United States -- Black-White differences in school performance: a critique of current explanations -- Closing the school performance gap -- Black access to education -- The job ceiling and other barriers to rewards of education -- The consequences: Black school performance as an adaptation -- America's other castelike minorities: American Indians, Mexican-Americans, and Puerto Ricans -- West Indians in Britain -- Maoris in New Zealand -- Scheduled castes in India -- The Buraku outcastes of Japan -- Oriental Jews in Israel -- The education of castelike minorities in six societies: a comparison -- Elimination of caste barriers: how to close the gap in school performance.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks LC3731.O35 1 Available 33710000253059

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 371-398.

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Caste and education and how they function in the United States -- Black-White differences in school performance: a critique of current explanations -- Closing the school performance gap -- Black access to education -- The job ceiling and other barriers to rewards of education -- The consequences: Black school performance as an adaptation -- America's other castelike minorities: American Indians, Mexican-Americans, and Puerto Ricans -- West Indians in Britain -- Maoris in New Zealand -- Scheduled castes in India -- The Buraku outcastes of Japan -- Oriental Jews in Israel -- The education of castelike minorities in six societies: a comparison -- Elimination of caste barriers: how to close the gap in school performance.