LEADER 02746nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910823268303321 005 20240313210615.0 010 $a1-59813-136-2 010 $a1-59813-135-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001132896 035 $a(EBL)1184837 035 $a(OCoLC)844940489 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000873515 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12323854 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000873515 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10877612 035 $a(PQKB)11774319 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1184837 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1184837 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10704515 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL532605 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001132896 100 $a20130411d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGlobal crossings $eimmigration, civilization, and America /$fAlvaro Vargas Llosa 210 $aOakland, Calif. $cIndependent Institute$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (652 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59813-133-8 311 $a1-306-01354-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThe recent reawakening of the debate about migration in the new millennium has evoked intense emotion, particularly in the United States and Europe, and Global Crossings 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 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration 615 0$aImmigrants 676 $a305.9/069120973 700 $aVargas Llosa$b Álvaro$f1966-$0591856 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823268303321 996 $aGlobal crossings$94061406 997 $aUNINA