Asylum denied [[electronic resource] ] : a refugee's struggle for safety in America / / David Ngaruri Kenney and Philip G. Schrag |
Autore | Kenney David Ngaruri <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina |
323.6/31
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | SchragPhilip G. <1943-> |
Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - Government policy - United States
Political refugees - Government policy - United States Civil rights - United States Human rights - United States Political refugees - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
african immigrant asylum attempted murder courage crime deportation escape farmers farming hard times homeland human rights violations human rights immigrant stories immigration law immigration reform immigration imprisonment kenya kenyan immigrant legal issues legal strategy life story murder native land political refugee political prisoner refugee story scholarly torture true story united states us government |
ISBN |
1-281-38555-7
9786611385552 0-520-93472-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The farmers' boycott -- Basketball -- Temporary safety -- Bernie and Dave -- My day in court -- Winning the lottery -- The fourth circuit -- A cold day in Richmond -- Exiled -- The witch arrives -- The lawyer's epilogue -- The client's epilogue. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782013003321 |
Kenney David Ngaruri <1973->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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Home bound [[electronic resource] ] : Filipino lives across cultures, communities, and countries / / Yen Le Espiritu |
Autore | Espiritu Yen Le <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.8/089/9921073 |
Soggetto topico |
Filipino Americans - Social conditions
Filipino Americans - Ethnic identity Families - United States Transnationalism Racism - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american history
american workplace analysis california colonialism colonization colonizer ethnic minorities filipino american filipino immigrants filipino global power immigrant groups immigrant history immigrant stories immigrants interviews life story migration minority groups philippines race issues racial minorities racism san diego transnational true story united states history us history world history |
ISBN |
9786612759147
1-59734-658-6 0-520-92926-8 1-282-75914-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Home making -- Leaving home : Filipino migration/return to the United States -- Positively no Filipinos allowed : differential inclusion and homelessness -- Mobile homes : lives across borders -- Making home : building communities in a Navy town -- Home sweet home : work and changing family relations -- We don't sleep around like white girls do : the politics of home and location -- What of the children? : emerging homes and identities -- Homes, borders, and possibilities. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783081303321 |
Espiritu Yen Le <1963->
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Strangers at the gates : new immigrants in urban America / / editor, Roger Waldinger |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 305.9/0691 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WaldingerRoger David |
Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - United States - Social conditions
Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions Foreign workers - United States Cities and towns - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
african american
american history city life city living essay anthology essay collection geography immigrant history immigrant stories immigrants immigration indigenous people minority groups native born poverty race issues race racism united states history urban america urban life urban living us history |
ISBN |
1-282-35589-9
9786612355899 0-520-92771-0 1-59734-922-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Strangers at the Gates -- 2. New Immigrants in Urban America -- 3. Up from Poverty?: "Race," Immigration, and the Fate of Low-Skilled Workers -- 4. A Tale of Five Cities?: Trends in Immigrant and Native-Born Wages -- 5. The Geography of Immigrant Poverty: Selective Evidence of an Immigrant Underclass -- 6. On the Back of Blacks?: Immigrants and the Fortunes of African Americans -- 7. The Immigrant Niche: Pervasive, Persistent, Diverse -- 8. Progress, Decline, Stagnation?: The New Second Generation Comes of Age -- 9. Conclusion: Immigration and the Remaking of Urban America -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783319003321 |
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 | ||
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