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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777413503321

Titolo

Migration and immigration : a global view / / edited by Maura I. Toro-Morn and Marixsa Alicea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2004

ISBN

1-282-40849-6

9786612408496

0-313-05301-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 pages)

Collana

A world view of social issues, , 1526-9442

Altri autori (Persone)

Toro-MornMaura I <1961-> (Maura Isabel)

AliceaMarixsa <1960->

Disciplina

304.8/2

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Migration, Internal

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables; Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 AUSTRALIA: The Continent of Immigrants; 2 BRAZIL: A Historical and Contemporary View of Brazilian Migration; 3 CHINA: Chinese Immigrants in the Global Economy; 4 CUBA: Colonizers, Slaves, Exiles, and Refugees in Cuban History; 5 FRANCE: The Melting Pot of Europe; 6 GHANA: Internal, International, and Transnational Migration; 7 IRELAND: A Historical and Political Interpretation of the Irish Diaspora; 8 JAPAN: Immigration In, Out, and Back and Forth; 9 MEXICO: Mexican International Migration

10 THE NETHERLANDS: The Myth of Ethnic Equality; 11 THE PHILIPPINES: The Dilemma of Philippine International Labor Migration; 12 PUERTO RICO: Between the Nation and the Diaspora-Migration to and from Puerto Rico; 13 TANZANIA: To Carry a Heavy Burden in the Heat of the Day-Migration to and from Tanzania; 14 THE UNITED STATES: Immigration to the Melting Pot of the Americas; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The post-World War II period has been called the age of migration, since an unprecedented number of people worldwide have been on the move. This reference surveys migration and immigration past and present in 14 representative countries. Historical, social, political, and



economic consequences of migration are considered. Students and researchers will find the synthesis indispensable and the format ideal for comparisons.''The collective analysis of the contributors, who hail from a range of disciplines, ultimately defies the simple characterization of migration as a choice of people seeking better income opportunities. The authors are sensitive to the ways that race, class, and gender dynamics influence the composition of migratory flows, the reasons why people migrate, and the outcomes of population movements. Each chapter explicates the human cost of migration, giving readers a better understanding of social issues underlying migration at the beginning of the 21st century.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483529903321

Titolo

Numerical Analysis and Its Applications : 4th International Conference, NAA 2008 Lozenetz, Bulgaria, June 16-20, 2008, Revised Selected Papers / / edited by Svetozar D. Margenov, Lubin Georgiev Vulkov, Jerzy Wasniewski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2009

ISBN

3-642-00464-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 636 p.)

Collana

Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, , 2512-2029 ; ; 5434

Classificazione

MAT 650f

SS 4800

Altri autori (Persone)

MargenovSvetozar

VulkovLubin

WasniewskiJerzy <1931->

Disciplina

005.11

Soggetti

Computer programming

Computer simulation

Numerical analysis

Algorithms

Computer science - Mathematics

Discrete mathematics

Programming Techniques

Computer Modelling

Numerical Analysis

Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Its Applications, NAA 2008, held in Lozenetz, Bulgaria in June 2008. The 61 revised full papers presented together with 13 invited papers were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers address all current aspects of numerical analysis and discuss a wide range of problems concerning recent achievements in physics, chemistry, engineering, and economics. A special focus is given to numerical approximation and computational geometry, numerical linear algebra and numerical solution of transcendental equations, numerical methods for differential equations, numerical modeling, and high performance scientific computing.