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Immigrant America : a portrait / Alejandro Portes and Rubén G. Rumbaut

Portes, Alejandro, 1944- ; Rumbaut, Rubén G., 1948- [author]

Fourth edition, revised, updated, and expanded

Berkeley and Los Angeles, California : University of California Press, [2014]

Online Ressource (xli, 495 pages) : illustrations, maps

Englisch

The three phases of U.S.-bound immigrationTheoretical overview -- Moving : patterns of immigrant settlement and spatial mobility -- Making it in America: education, occupation, and entrepreneurship -- From immigrants to ethnics : identity, citizenship, and political participation -- Language : diversity and resilience -- Growing up American : the new second generation -- Religion : the enduring presence -- Conclusion : immigration and public policy.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-473) and index. - Description based on print version record

Print version: Immigrant America

978-0-520-95915-6 ( : electronic bk.); 0-520-95915-9 (electronic bk.)

0-520-27402-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-520-27402-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 886941704 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

LB 48610      Ähnliche Literatur

JV6450

304.873 ; 304.8/73

bisacsh: SOC007000 ; bisacsh: SOC007000 ; bisacsh: SOC 007000

LOC-SH: Immigrants -- History -- United States ; Americanization -- History ; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- United States -- History ; Electronic books ; Immigrants -- United States -- History ; Americanization -- History ; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History ; Americanization -- History ; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History ; Immigrants -- United States -- History ; Electronic book

United States ; Emigration and immigration ; Immigrants ; Americanization ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Emigration & Immigration ; History ; Electronic books

"This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides readers with a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume. Updated with the latest available data, Immigrant America explores the economic, political, spatial, and linguistic aspects of immigration; the role of religion in the acculturation and social integration of foreign minorities; and the adaptation process for the second generation. This revised edition includes new chapters on theories of migration and on the history of U.S.-bound migration from the late nineteenth century to the present, offering an updated and expanded concluding chapter on immigration and public policy."--Provided by publisher