Contemporary conversations on immigration in the United States : the view from prince George's County, Maryland / / Judith Freidenberg
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| Autore: |
Freidenberg Judith
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| Titolo: |
Contemporary conversations on immigration in the United States : the view from prince George's County, Maryland / / Judith Freidenberg
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.9/069120975251 |
| Soggetto topico: | Emigration and immigration |
| Immigrants - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Prince George's County (Md.) Emigration and immigration |
| United States Emigration and immigration History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Figures; Tables; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Immigrant Life Course as a Lens to Understand the United States; PART I. CONTEXTS OF IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE; Chapter 1. The People of Prince George's County; Chapter 2. Conversations about County Identity; PART II. TESTIMONIES OF IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE; Chapter 3. Growing Up, Making an Exit Decision, and Leaving; Chapter 4. Immigrant Journeys as Geopolitical Bridges; Chapter 5. Life Changes in New Destinations; PART III. LOCAL STORIES, GLOBAL CONNECTIONS |
| Chapter 6. Ideology of the "Good Life," Immigrant Space, and Social MobilityChapter 7. Imagined and Empirical Frontiers of the Nation-State; Epilogue. To Continue the Conversations; Appendix 1. Immigrant Experience Interview Schedule; Appendix 2. Video Links; Bibliography; Index; About the Author | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States shows the complexity of migrant experiences, advocating for immigration as a social issue rather than a social problem, and understanding that immigration rests on larger units of meaning structured by time and place. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Contemporary conversations on immigration in the United States |
| ISBN: | 0-7391-8263-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798379703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society