ISBN:
0520274024
,
9780520274020
Language:
English
Pages:
XLI, 495 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
,
23 cm
Edition:
4. ed., rev., updated, and expanded
DDC:
304.8/73
Keywords:
Einwanderung
;
Soziale Integration
;
USA
;
Immigrants History
;
Americanization History
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
History
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
The three phases of U.S.-bound immigration -- Theoretical 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
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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