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In recent decades, the American suburbs have become an important site for immigrant settlement. Beyond the City and the Bridge presents a case study of Fort Lee, New Jersey, which today has one of the largest concentrations of East Asians of any suburb on the East Coast..

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Dimensions of Second-Generation: Incorporation An Introduction to the Book -- PART I. Starting Points -- 2. Legalization and Naturalization Trajectories among Mexican Immigrants and Their Implications for the Second Generation -- 3. Early Childhood Education Programs -- PART II. Major Case Studies -- 4. The Mexican American Second Generation in Census 2000 -- 5. Downward Assimilation and Mexican Americans -- 6. School Qualifications of Children of Immigrant Descent in Switzerland -- 7. Ethnic Community, Urban Economy, and Second-Generation Attainment -- 8. The Second Generation in the German Labor Market -- 9. Capitals, Ethnic Identity, and Educational Qualifications -- PART III. The Role of Local Context -- 10. National and Urban Contexts for the Integration of the Second Generation in the United States and Canada -- 11. "I Will Never Deliver Chinese Food" -- PART IV. In Closing Comparative Studies -- 12. Black Identities and the Second Generation -- 13. How Do Educational Systems Integrate? -- 14. The Employment of Second Generations in France -- References -- About the Contributors -- Index