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UNINA9910453771403321 |
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Autore |
Vargas Llosa Álvaro <1966-> |
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Global crossings [[electronic resource] ] : immigration, civilization, and America / / Alvaro Vargas Llosa |
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Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2013 |
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1-59813-136-2 |
1-59813-135-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (652 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Immigrants - United States |
Electronic books. |
United States Emigration and immigration |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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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 |
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UNINA9910781761103321 |
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Autore |
Thiele Leslie Paul |
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Indra's net and the Midas touch : living sustainably in a connected world / / Leslie Paul Thiele |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 |
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0-262-29797-3 |
1-283-25878-1 |
9786613258786 |
0-262-29885-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (343 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Sustainable development |
Globalization - Environmental aspects |
Globalization - Social aspects |
Environmental degradation - Social aspects |
Environmental policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Ecology -- Ethics -- Technology -- Economics -- Politics -- Psychology -- Physics and metaphysics. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An exploration of the impact of unintended consequences in an interdependent world and of the opportunities for creativity and community. |
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