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A Framework for Immigration : Asians in the United States / Uma Segal.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (480 p.) : 4 figuresContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231120821
  • 9780231506335
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.895073 21
LOC classification:
  • E184.O6 S44 2002eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Racism -- 1. Introduction: A Framework for the Immigration Experience -- 2. Pre-1965 Emigration: Leaving the Homeland for the United States -- 3. Post-1965 Emigration: Changes in U.S. Immigration Policy -- 4. Entry Into the United States and the Nation's Response to Asian Immigration -- 5. Asian Adjustment -- 6. Public Policies: Social Welfare, Housing, Education, and Criminal Justice -- 7. Public Policies: Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse -- 8. U.S.-Born Asian Americans -- 9. Implications, Directions, and Action Guidelines -- Epilogue: Author's Immigration Experience -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary: Although stereotypically portrayed as academic and economic achievers, Asian Americans often live in poverty, underserved by human services, undercompensated in the workforce, and subject to discrimination. Although often perceived as a single, homogenous group, there are significant differences between Asian American cultures that affect their experience. Segal, an Asian American immigrant herself, analyzes Asian immigration to the U.S., including immigrants' reasons for leaving their countries, their attraction to the U.S., the issues they face in contemporary U.S. society, and the history of public attitudes and policy toward them. Segal observes that the profile of the Asian American is shaped not only by the immigrants and their descendents but by the nation's response to their presence.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Racism -- 1. Introduction: A Framework for the Immigration Experience -- 2. Pre-1965 Emigration: Leaving the Homeland for the United States -- 3. Post-1965 Emigration: Changes in U.S. Immigration Policy -- 4. Entry Into the United States and the Nation's Response to Asian Immigration -- 5. Asian Adjustment -- 6. Public Policies: Social Welfare, Housing, Education, and Criminal Justice -- 7. Public Policies: Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse -- 8. U.S.-Born Asian Americans -- 9. Implications, Directions, and Action Guidelines -- Epilogue: Author's Immigration Experience -- Notes -- References -- Index

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Although stereotypically portrayed as academic and economic achievers, Asian Americans often live in poverty, underserved by human services, undercompensated in the workforce, and subject to discrimination. Although often perceived as a single, homogenous group, there are significant differences between Asian American cultures that affect their experience. Segal, an Asian American immigrant herself, analyzes Asian immigration to the U.S., including immigrants' reasons for leaving their countries, their attraction to the U.S., the issues they face in contemporary U.S. society, and the history of public attitudes and policy toward them. Segal observes that the profile of the Asian American is shaped not only by the immigrants and their descendents but by the nation's response to their presence.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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