ISBN:
9780520959156
,
0520959159
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xli, 495 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Edition:
Fourth edition, revised, updated, and expanded
Parallel Title:
Print version Immigrant America
DDC:
304.873
Keywords:
Immigrants History
;
United States
;
Americanization History
;
Immigrants History
;
Americanization History
;
Americanization History
;
Immigrants History
;
Emigration and immigration
;
Immigrants
;
Americanization
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Emigration & Immigration
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
United States
;
History
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic book
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
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 (pages 419-473) and index. - Description based on print version record
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