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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453771403321

Autore

Vargas Llosa Álvaro <1966->

Titolo

Global crossings [[electronic resource] ] : immigration, civilization, and America / / Alvaro Vargas Llosa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2013

ISBN

1-59813-136-2

1-59813-135-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (652 p.)

Disciplina

305.9/069120973

Soggetti

Immigrants - United States

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The takeover -- Not just here, not just now -- Why they move -- The reaction -- Unnatural borders -- The law as fiction -- Immigrant values versus native values -- Islam, ghettos, and slums -- The multicultural fallacy -- Culture changes -- Immigrants and the economic seesaw -- What immigrants do to jobs, wages, and the economy? -- Do immigrants cost more than they contribute? -- Is immigration a left-wing or a right-wing cause? -- Shock and awe -- Why things and not people -- Credo or nationality? -- A path to citizenship -- Open minds.

Sommario/riassunto

The recent reawakening of the debate about migration in the new millennium has evoked intense emotion, particularly in the United States and Europe, and <I>Global Crossings </I>cuts through the jungle of myth, falsehood, and misrepresentation that dominates the debate, clarifying the causes and consequences of human migration. The book first looks at the immigrant experience, which connects the present to the past, and America to the rest of the world, and explores who immigrants are and why they move. It contends that the conduct of today is no different than that in the past, and contrary to