1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458551803321

Autore

Portes Alejandro <1944->

Titolo

Immigrant America : a portrait  / / Alejandro Portes and Rubén G. Rumbaut

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-520-95915-9

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (539 p.)

Classificazione

LB 48610

Disciplina

304.8/73

Soggetti

Immigrants - United States - History

Americanization - History

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration History

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

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments for the Fourth Edition -- Acknowledgments for the Third Edition -- Acknowledgments for the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments for the First Edition -- 1. The Three Phases of U.S.-Bound Immigration -- 2. Theoretical Overview -- 3. Moving: Patterns of Immigrant Settlement and Spatial Mobility -- 4. Making It in America: Education, Occupation, and Entrepreneurship -- 5. From Immigrants to Ethnics: Identity, Citizenship, and Political Participation -- 6. Language: Diversity and Resilience -- 7. Growing Up American: The New Second Generation -- 8. Religion: The Enduring Presence -- 9. Conclusion: Immigration and Public Policy -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461934003321

Titolo

Retail and marketing channels : economic and marketing perspectives on producer-distributor relationships / / edited by Luca Pellegrini and Srinivas K. Reddy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-64372-3

0-203-10365-3

1-136-24573-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Retailing and distribution ; ; v. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

PellegriniLuca

ReddySrinivas K

Disciplina

658.8/4

658.84

658.87

Soggetti

Marketing channels

Retail trade

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Selected papers from the Fourth International Conference on Distribution, held at Bocconi University, Milan, July 3-4, 1987, organized by the Centro di studi sul commercio and the Dept. of Marketing of New York University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. The structure of vertical relationships -- pt. II. Managing channel relationships -- pt. III. Marketing channel evolution.

Sommario/riassunto

Retailer's buying power has significantly increased in recent years as a result of a process of market concentration. As vertical relationships in marketing channels have strengthened their influence over the shape of



the industry, the producer-distributor relationship has become more central to an understanding of both marketing practice and the conduct and performance of consumer goods industries.This comprehensive and detailed book covers the theory and practice of national and international retail and marketing channels. It provides a structural overview of the producer-distribut