Immigrant America : a portrait / / Alejandro Portes and Rubén G. Rumbaut

• Autore: Portes Alejandro <1944->
• Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: 4th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (539 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.8/73
• Soggetto topico: Immigrants - United States - History; Americanization - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States Emigration and immigration History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: LB 48610
• Persona (resp. second.): RumbautRubén G.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments for the Fourth Edition -- Acknowledgments for the Third Edition -- Acknowledgments for the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments for the First Edition -- 1. The Three Phases of U.S.-Bound Immigration -- 2. Theoretical Overview -- 3. Moving: Patterns of Immigrant Settlement and Spatial Mobility -- 4. Making It in America: Education, Occupation, and Entrepreneurship -- 5. From Immigrants to Ethnics: Identity, Citizenship, and Political Participation -- 6. Language: Diversity and Resilience -- 7. Growing Up American: The New Second Generation -- 8. Religion: The Enduring Presence -- 9. Conclusion: Immigration and Public Policy -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides readers with a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume. Updated with the latest available data, Immigrant America explores the economic, political, spatial, and linguistic aspects of immigration; the role of religion in the acculturation and social integration of foreign minorities; and the adaptation process for the second generation. This revised edition includes new chapters on theories of migration and on the history of U.S.-bound migration from the late nineteenth century to the present, offering an updated and expanded concluding chapter on immigration and public policy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Immigrant America
• ISBN: 0-520-95915-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458551803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II