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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782097003321

Titolo

The new Americans [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to immigration since 1965 / / edited by Mary C. Waters & Reed Ueda ; with Helen B. Marrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-674-26827-X

0-674-04493-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (58 entries) : 2 images, digital files

Collana

Harvard University Press reference library

Altri autori (Persone)

WatersMary C

UedaReed

MarrowHelen B

Disciplina

325.73

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration

United States Emigration and immigration History 20th century

United States Emigration and immigration Government policy

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction / Waters, Mary C. / Ueda, Reed -- Immigration in Global Historical Perspective / Ueda, Reed -- Immigration Control Policy: Law and Implementation / Zolberg, Aristide R. -- Citizenship and Nationality Policy / Schuck, Peter H. -- Refugees / Haines, David W. -- Unauthorized Migration / Bean, Frank D. / Lowell, B. Lindsay -- Settlement Patterns in Metropolitan America / Logan, John R. -- Ethnic and Racial Identity / Gans, Herbert J. -- Intermarriage and Multiple Identities / Perlmann, Joel / Waters, Mary C. -- Assimilation / Alba, Richard / Nee, Victor -- Transforming Foreigners into Americans / Waldinger, Roger -- Transnationalism / Morawska, Ewa -- Pluralism and Group Relations / Hochschild, Jennifer L. -- Immigrants and the Economy / Kaushal, Neeraj / Reimers, Cordelia W. / Reimers, David M. -- Ethnic Politics / Jones-Correa, Michael -- Ethnic Media / Viswanath, K. / Lee, Karen Ka-man -- Religion / Eck, Diana L. -- Language / López, David / Estrada, Vanesa -- Education / Suárez-Orozco, Carola / Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo -- Gender and Family / Pessar, Patricia R. -- The Second Generation / Foner, Nancy / Kasinitz, Philip -- Africa: West



/ Halter, Marilyn -- Africa: East / Kusow, Abdi -- Africa: South Africa and Zimbabwe / Marrow, Helen B. -- Canada / Gabaccia, Donna R. -- Central America. Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua / Chinchilla, Norma Stoltz / Hamilton, Nora -- China: People's Republic of China / Yin, Xiao-huang -- China: Outside the People's Republic of China / Holdaway, Jennifer -- Colombia / Guarnizo, Luis Eduardo / Espitia, Marilyn -- Cuba / Pérez, Lisandro -- Dominican Republic / Levitt, Peggy -- El Salvador / Menjívar, Cecilia -- Europe: Central and Southeastern. Bulgaria, Former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Former Yugoslavia / Ispa-Landa, Simone -- Haiti / Konczal, Lisa / Stepick, Alex -- India / Leonard, Karen Isaksen -- Iran / Bozorgmehr, Mehdi -- Jamaica / Vickerman, Milton -- Korea / Min, Pyong Gap -- Mexico / Camarillo, Albert M. -- Middle East and North Africa / Gold, Steven J. / Bozorgmehr, Mehdi -- Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa / Small, Cathy A. -- Pacific: Japan, Australia, New Zealand / Oishi, Nana -- Philippines / Choy, Catherine Ceniza -- Poland / Erdmans, Mary Patrice -- Russia / Gold, Steven J. -- South America. Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela / Marrow, Helen B. -- South Asia. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal / Kibria, Nazli -- Southeast Asia. Laos, Cambodia, Thailand / Bankston, Carl L. / Hidalgo, Danielle Antoinette -- United Kingdom / Roth, Wendy D. -- Vietnam / Rumbaut, Rubén G. -- West Indies. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, St. Kitts, Trinidad / Holder, Calvin B. -- Appendix: Immigration and Naturalization Legislation -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, shaped by successive waves of new arrivals. This comprehensive guide, edited and written by an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars, provides an authoritative account of the most recent surge of immigrants. Based on the latest U.S. Census data and scholarly research, The New Americans is an essential reference for anyone curious about the changing face of America.