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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 Visualizza persona
Titolo: Contemporary conversations on immigration in the United States : the view from prince George's County, Maryland / / Judith Freidenberg Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-7391-8263-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910798379703321
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Serie: Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society