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"They take our jobs!" [[electronic resource] ] : and 20 other myths about immigration / / Aviva Chomsky
| "They take our jobs!" [[electronic resource] ] : and 20 other myths about immigration / / Aviva Chomsky |
| Autore | Chomsky Aviva <1957-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.8/73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - United States - Public opinion
Public opinion - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8070-4157-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Immigrants and the economy -- Myth 1. Immigrants take American jobs -- Myth 2. Immigrants compete with low-skilled workers and drive down wages -- Myth 3. Unions oppose immigration because it harms the working class -- Myth 4. Immigrants don't pay taxes -- Myth 5. Immigrants are a drain on the economy -- Myth 6. Immigrants send most of what they earn out of the country in the form of remittances -- pt. 2. Immigrants and the law -- Myth 7. The rules apply to everyone, so new immigrants need to follow them just like immigrants in the past did -- Myth 8. The country is being overrun by illegal immigrants -- Myth 9. The United States has a generous refugee policy -- pt. 3. Immigration and race -- Myth 10. The United States is a melting pot that has always welcomed immigrants from all over the world -- Myth 11. Since we are all the descendants of immigrants here, we all start on equal footing -- Myth 12. Today's immigrants threaten the national culture because they are not assimilating -- Myth 13. Today's immigrants are not learning English, and bilingual education just adds to the problem -- pt. 4. How have U.S. policies created immigration? -- Myth 14. Immigrants only come here because they want to enjoy our higher standard of living -- Case study : the Philippines -- pt. 5. The debate at the turn of the millennium -- Myth 15. The American public opposes immigration, and the debate in Congress reflects that -- Myth 16. The overwhelming victory of Proposition 187 in California shows that the public opposes immigration -- Myth 17. Immigration is a problem -- Myth 18. Countries need to control who goes in and out -- Myth 19. We need to protect our borders to prevent criminals and terrorists from entering the country -- Myth 20. If people break our laws by immigrating illegally, they are criminals and should be deported -- Myth 21. The problems this book raises are so huge that there's nothing we can do about them -- Epilogue -- Timeline. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453597203321 |
Chomsky Aviva <1957->
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| Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, c2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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"They take our jobs!" [[electronic resource] ] : and 20 other myths about immigration / / Aviva Chomsky
| "They take our jobs!" [[electronic resource] ] : and 20 other myths about immigration / / Aviva Chomsky |
| Autore | Chomsky Aviva <1957-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.8/73 |
| Collana | Myths Made in America Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - United States - Public opinion
Public opinion - United States |
| ISBN | 0-8070-4157-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Immigrants and the economy -- Myth 1. Immigrants take American jobs -- Myth 2. Immigrants compete with low-skilled workers and drive down wages -- Myth 3. Unions oppose immigration because it harms the working class -- Myth 4. Immigrants don't pay taxes -- Myth 5. Immigrants are a drain on the economy -- Myth 6. Immigrants send most of what they earn out of the country in the form of remittances -- pt. 2. Immigrants and the law -- Myth 7. The rules apply to everyone, so new immigrants need to follow them just like immigrants in the past did -- Myth 8. The country is being overrun by illegal immigrants -- Myth 9. The United States has a generous refugee policy -- pt. 3. Immigration and race -- Myth 10. The United States is a melting pot that has always welcomed immigrants from all over the world -- Myth 11. Since we are all the descendants of immigrants here, we all start on equal footing -- Myth 12. Today's immigrants threaten the national culture because they are not assimilating -- Myth 13. Today's immigrants are not learning English, and bilingual education just adds to the problem -- pt. 4. How have U.S. policies created immigration? -- Myth 14. Immigrants only come here because they want to enjoy our higher standard of living -- Case study : the Philippines -- pt. 5. The debate at the turn of the millennium -- Myth 15. The American public opposes immigration, and the debate in Congress reflects that -- Myth 16. The overwhelming victory of Proposition 187 in California shows that the public opposes immigration -- Myth 17. Immigration is a problem -- Myth 18. Countries need to control who goes in and out -- Myth 19. We need to protect our borders to prevent criminals and terrorists from entering the country -- Myth 20. If people break our laws by immigrating illegally, they are criminals and should be deported -- Myth 21. The problems this book raises are so huge that there's nothing we can do about them -- Epilogue -- Timeline. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782369603321 |
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Chomsky Aviva <1957->
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| Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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"They take our jobs!" [[electronic resource] ] : and 20 other myths about immigration / / Aviva Chomsky
| "They take our jobs!" [[electronic resource] ] : and 20 other myths about immigration / / Aviva Chomsky |
| Autore | Chomsky Aviva <1957-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.8/73 |
| Collana | Myths Made in America Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - United States - Public opinion
Public opinion - United States |
| ISBN | 0-8070-4157-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Immigrants and the economy -- Myth 1. Immigrants take American jobs -- Myth 2. Immigrants compete with low-skilled workers and drive down wages -- Myth 3. Unions oppose immigration because it harms the working class -- Myth 4. Immigrants don't pay taxes -- Myth 5. Immigrants are a drain on the economy -- Myth 6. Immigrants send most of what they earn out of the country in the form of remittances -- pt. 2. Immigrants and the law -- Myth 7. The rules apply to everyone, so new immigrants need to follow them just like immigrants in the past did -- Myth 8. The country is being overrun by illegal immigrants -- Myth 9. The United States has a generous refugee policy -- pt. 3. Immigration and race -- Myth 10. The United States is a melting pot that has always welcomed immigrants from all over the world -- Myth 11. Since we are all the descendants of immigrants here, we all start on equal footing -- Myth 12. Today's immigrants threaten the national culture because they are not assimilating -- Myth 13. Today's immigrants are not learning English, and bilingual education just adds to the problem -- pt. 4. How have U.S. policies created immigration? -- Myth 14. Immigrants only come here because they want to enjoy our higher standard of living -- Case study : the Philippines -- pt. 5. The debate at the turn of the millennium -- Myth 15. The American public opposes immigration, and the debate in Congress reflects that -- Myth 16. The overwhelming victory of Proposition 187 in California shows that the public opposes immigration -- Myth 17. Immigration is a problem -- Myth 18. Countries need to control who goes in and out -- Myth 19. We need to protect our borders to prevent criminals and terrorists from entering the country -- Myth 20. If people break our laws by immigrating illegally, they are criminals and should be deported -- Myth 21. The problems this book raises are so huge that there's nothing we can do about them -- Epilogue -- Timeline. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821573203321 |
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Chomsky Aviva <1957->
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| Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, c2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Addressing misconduct in the federal civil service : management perspectives / / a publication of the Office of Policy and Management, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
| Addressing misconduct in the federal civil service : management perspectives / / a publication of the Office of Policy and Management, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Office of Policy and Management, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (7 pages, 1 unnumbered page) : color illustrations |
| Soggetto topico |
Supervisors - United States - Attitudes
Labor discipline - United States - Public opinion Public opinion - United States Administrative agencies - Officials and employees - Supervision of - United States Administrative agencies - Officials and employees - Dismissal of - United States Civil service - United States - Discipline Employee rights - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Addressing misconduct in the federal civil service |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910717146603321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : Office of Policy and Management, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The afterlife of John Brown [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Taylor and Eldrid Herrington
| The afterlife of John Brown [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Taylor and Eldrid Herrington |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.7/114 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
TaylorAndrew <1968->
HerringtonEldrid |
| Soggetto topico |
Public opinion - United States
American literature - History and criticism Abolitionists - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-36391-X
9786611363918 1-4039-7846-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450846103321 |
| New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The afterlife of John Brown [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Taylor and Eldrid Herrington
| The afterlife of John Brown [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Taylor and Eldrid Herrington |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.7/114 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
TaylorAndrew <1968->
HerringtonEldrid |
| Soggetto topico |
Public opinion - United States
American literature - History and criticism Abolitionists - United States |
| ISBN |
1-281-36391-X
9786611363918 1-4039-7846-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Black people's ally, white people's bogeyman : a John Brown story / Louis A DeCaro, Jr. -- "The blood of millions" : John Brown's body, public violence, and political community / Franny Nudelman -- John Brown, bearded patriarch / Jean Libby -- "Earth feels the time of prophet-song" : John Brown and public poetry / Joe Lockard -- Consenting to violence : Henry David Thoreau, John Brown, and the transcendent intellectual / Andrew Taylor -- Transforming the "madman into a saint" : the cultural memory site of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in antislavery literature and history / Kristen Proehl -- Meteor of war : the John Brown cycle / John Stauffer and Zoe Trodd -- Transatlantic Spartacus / Janine C. Hartman -- W.E.B. Du Bois's John Brown : placing racial justice at the center of a socialist politics / Julie Husband -- "I see your mouth calling/before the words arrive" : Muriel Rukeyser's "The soul and body of John Brown" and 1930s America / Bruce A. Ronda -- John Brown and children's literature / Tyler Hoffman -- More heat than light : the legacy of John Brown in Russell Banks's Cloudsplitter / Kimberly Rae Connor. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784133103321 |
| New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The afterlife of John Brown [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Taylor and Eldrid Herrington
| The afterlife of John Brown [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Taylor and Eldrid Herrington |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.7/114 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
TaylorAndrew <1968->
HerringtonEldrid |
| Soggetto topico |
Public opinion - United States
American literature - History and criticism Abolitionists - United States |
| ISBN |
1-281-36391-X
9786611363918 1-4039-7846-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Black people's ally, white people's bogeyman : a John Brown story / Louis A DeCaro, Jr. -- "The blood of millions" : John Brown's body, public violence, and political community / Franny Nudelman -- John Brown, bearded patriarch / Jean Libby -- "Earth feels the time of prophet-song" : John Brown and public poetry / Joe Lockard -- Consenting to violence : Henry David Thoreau, John Brown, and the transcendent intellectual / Andrew Taylor -- Transforming the "madman into a saint" : the cultural memory site of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in antislavery literature and history / Kristen Proehl -- Meteor of war : the John Brown cycle / John Stauffer and Zoe Trodd -- Transatlantic Spartacus / Janine C. Hartman -- W.E.B. Du Bois's John Brown : placing racial justice at the center of a socialist politics / Julie Husband -- "I see your mouth calling/before the words arrive" : Muriel Rukeyser's "The soul and body of John Brown" and 1930s America / Bruce A. Ronda -- John Brown and children's literature / Tyler Hoffman -- More heat than light : the legacy of John Brown in Russell Banks's Cloudsplitter / Kimberly Rae Connor. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810962903321 |
| New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agenda-setting [[electronic resource] /] / James W. Dearing, Everett M. Rogers
| Agenda-setting [[electronic resource] /] / James W. Dearing, Everett M. Rogers |
| Autore | Dearing James W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
| Disciplina |
302.230973
303.38 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RogersEverett M |
| Collana | Communication concepts |
| Soggetto topico |
Mass media and public opinion - United States
Mass media - Political aspects - United States Mass media - United States - Influence Mass media - Social aspects - United States Public opinion - United States Political planning - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-5063-2030-9
1-322-41853-5 1-4522-4328-X 1-4522-4884-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 - What is Agenda-Setting?; Chapter 2 - Media Agenda Studies; Chapter 3 - Public Agenda Studies: The Hierarchy Approach; Chapter 4 - Public Agenda Studies: Longitudinal Approaches; Chapter 5 - Policy Agenda Studies; Chapter 6 - Studying the Agenda-Setting Process; References; Suggested Readings; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Authors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480814603321 |
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Dearing James W
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| Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1996 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aging masculinity in the American novel / / Alex Hobbs
| Aging masculinity in the American novel / / Alex Hobbs |
| Autore | Hobbs Alex <1980-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.50935211 |
| Collana | Contemporary American literature |
| Soggetto topico |
American fiction - History and criticism - 20th century
American fiction - History and criticism - 21st century Old age in literature Aging in literature Older men in literature Masculinity in literature Stereotypes (Social psychology) Old age - Public opinion Public opinion - United States |
| ISBN | 1-4422-6679-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The wider cultural context. America's aging population: statistics; A prejudice of aging; Music; Film; Television -- Late writing. John Updike; Philip Roth; Don Delillo; Cormac McCarthy -- Anticipating old age. Paul Auster; Richard Powers; Ethan Canin; Jonathan Franzen -- Female-authored grandfathers and grouches. Jane Smiley; Marilynne Robinson; Anne Tyler -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798395203321 |
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Hobbs Alex <1980->
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aging masculinity in the American novel / / Alex Hobbs
| Aging masculinity in the American novel / / Alex Hobbs |
| Autore | Hobbs Alex <1980-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.50935211 |
| Collana | Contemporary American literature |
| Soggetto topico |
American fiction - History and criticism - 20th century
American fiction - History and criticism - 21st century Old age in literature Aging in literature Older men in literature Masculinity in literature Stereotypes (Social psychology) Old age - Public opinion Public opinion - United States |
| ISBN | 1-4422-6679-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The wider cultural context. America's aging population: statistics; A prejudice of aging; Music; Film; Television -- Late writing. John Updike; Philip Roth; Don Delillo; Cormac McCarthy -- Anticipating old age. Paul Auster; Richard Powers; Ethan Canin; Jonathan Franzen -- Female-authored grandfathers and grouches. Jane Smiley; Marilynne Robinson; Anne Tyler -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815095203321 |
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Hobbs Alex <1980->
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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