02773nam 2200505 a 450 991046154920332120200520144314.01-56549-394-X(CKB)2670000000161115(OCoLC)781636134(CaPaEBR)ebrary10545759(MiAaPQ)EBC3328929(MiAaPQ)EBC911864(Au-PeEL)EBL3328929(CaPaEBR)ebr10545759(OCoLC)929119798(Au-PeEL)EBL911864(EXLCZ)99267000000016111520100329d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSafe haven?[electronic resource] a history of refugees in America /David W. HainesSterling, Va. Kumarian Press20101 online resource (240 p.) 1-56549-332-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Refugees and America : moral commitments and practical challenges -- A new land : loss, hope, and an ambiguous future -- Perfectly American : constructing the refugee experience -- Ethnicity's shadows : dilemmas of identity -- Binding the generations : households and refugee adaptation -- The logic of resettlement policy : English and self-sufficiency -- Refuge in America.The notion of America as land of refuge is vital to American civic consciousness yet over the past seventy years the country has had a complicated and sometimes erratic relationship with its refugee populations. Attitudes and actions toward refugees from the government, voluntary organizations, and the general public have ranged from acceptance to rejection; from well-wrought program efforts to botched policy decisions. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary and historical material, and based on the author's three-decade experience in refugee research and policy, Safe Haven? provides an integrated portrait of this crucial component of American immigration-and of American engagement with the world. Covering seven decades of immigration history, Haines shows how refugees and their American hosts continue to struggle with national and ethnic identities and the effect this struggle has had on American institutions and attitudes.RefugeesUnited StatesHistoryImmigrantsUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.RefugeesHistory.ImmigrantsHistory.305.9/069140973Haines David1045570MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461549203321Safe haven2471971UNINA