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The New Americans : A Guide to Immigration since 1965 / ed. by Reed Ueda, Mary C. Waters, Helen B. Marrow.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard University Press Reference LibraryPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (736 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674023574
  • 9780674044937
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 325.73
LOC classification:
  • JV6455.N49 2007eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Immigration in Global Historical Perspective -- Immigration Control Policy: Law and Implementation -- Citizenship and Nationality Policy -- Refugees -- Unauthorized Migration -- Settlement Patterns in Metropolitan America -- Ethnic and Racial Identity -- Intermarriage and Multiple Identities -- Assimilation -- Transforming Foreigners into Americans -- Transnationalism -- Pluralism and Group Relations -- Immigrants and the Economy -- Ethnic Politics -- Ethnic Media -- Religion -- Language -- Education -- Gender and Family -- The Second Generation -- Africa: West -- Africa: East -- Africa: South Africa and Zimbabwe -- Canada -- Central America. Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua -- China: People's Republic of China -- China: Outside the People's Republic of China -- Colombia -- Cuba -- Dominican Republic -- El Salvador -- Europe: Central and Southeastern. Bulgaria, Former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Former Yugoslavia -- Haiti -- India -- Iran -- Jamaica -- Korea -- Mexico -- Middle East and North Africa -- Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa -- Pacific: Japan, Australia, New Zealand -- Philippines -- Poland -- Russia -- South America. Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela -- South Asia. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal -- Southeast Asia. Laos, Cambodia, Thailand -- United Kingdom -- Vietnam -- West Indies. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, St. Kitts, Trinidad -- Appendix: Immigration and Naturalization Legislation -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, shaped by successive waves of new arrivals. This comprehensive guide, edited and written by an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars, provides an authoritative account of the most recent surge of immigrants. Based on the latest U.S. Census data and scholarly research, The New Americans is an essential reference for anyone curious about the changing face of America.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Immigration in Global Historical Perspective -- Immigration Control Policy: Law and Implementation -- Citizenship and Nationality Policy -- Refugees -- Unauthorized Migration -- Settlement Patterns in Metropolitan America -- Ethnic and Racial Identity -- Intermarriage and Multiple Identities -- Assimilation -- Transforming Foreigners into Americans -- Transnationalism -- Pluralism and Group Relations -- Immigrants and the Economy -- Ethnic Politics -- Ethnic Media -- Religion -- Language -- Education -- Gender and Family -- The Second Generation -- Africa: West -- Africa: East -- Africa: South Africa and Zimbabwe -- Canada -- Central America. Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua -- China: People's Republic of China -- China: Outside the People's Republic of China -- Colombia -- Cuba -- Dominican Republic -- El Salvador -- Europe: Central and Southeastern. Bulgaria, Former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Former Yugoslavia -- Haiti -- India -- Iran -- Jamaica -- Korea -- Mexico -- Middle East and North Africa -- Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa -- Pacific: Japan, Australia, New Zealand -- Philippines -- Poland -- Russia -- South America. Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela -- South Asia. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal -- Southeast Asia. Laos, Cambodia, Thailand -- United Kingdom -- Vietnam -- West Indies. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, St. Kitts, Trinidad -- Appendix: Immigration and Naturalization Legislation -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index

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The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, shaped by successive waves of new arrivals. This comprehensive guide, edited and written by an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars, provides an authoritative account of the most recent surge of immigrants. Based on the latest U.S. Census data and scholarly research, The New Americans is an essential reference for anyone curious about the changing face of America.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)