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Medientyp:
Buch
Titel:
Immigrant America
:
a portrait
Enthält:
The three phases of U.S.-bound immigrationTheoretical overview -- Moving : patterns of immigrant settlement and spatial mobility -- Making it in America: education, occupation, and entrepreneurship -- From immigrants to ethnics : identity, citizenship, and political participation -- Language : diversity and resilience -- Growing up American : the new second generation -- Religion : the enduring presence -- Conclusion : immigration and public policy.
Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:
This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides readers with a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume. Updated with the latest available data, Immigrant America explores the economic, political, spatial, and linguistic aspects of immigration; the role of religion in the acculturation and social integration of foreign minorities; and the adaptation process for the second generation. This revised edition includes new chapters on theories of migration and on the history of U.S.-bound migration from the late nineteenth century to the present, offering an updated and expanded concluding chapter on immigration and public policy. - Provided by publisher
The three phases of U.S.-bound immigration -- Theoretical overview -- Moving : patterns of immigrant settlement and spatial mobility -- Making it in America: education, occupation, and entrepreneurship -- From immigrants to ethnics : identity, citizenship, and political participation -- Language : diversity and resilience -- Growing up American : the new second generation -- Religion : the enduring presence -- Conclusion : immigration and public policy