UID:
(DE-602)gbv_646906526
Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 325 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814727468
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081472745X
Content:
2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title!. According to the 2000 census, more than 10% of U.S. residents were foreign born; together with their American-born children, this group constitutes one fifth of the nation's population. What does this mass immigration mean for America? Leading immigration studies scholar, Nancy Foner, answers this question in her study of comparative immigration. Drawing on the rich history of American immigrants and current statistical and ethnographic data, In a New Land compares today's new immigrants with the past influxes of Europeans to the United States and acros
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-303) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Comparisons Across Time; 1. The Social Construction of Race in Two Immigrant Eras; 2. Immigrants and African Americans; 3. Transnationalism Old and New; 4. Immigrant Women and Work, Then and Now; Part II: Comparisons Across Space; 5. Being Black in London and New York; 6. Place Matters; 7. Gendered Transitions; Part III: Comparisons Across Space; 8. How Exceptional Is New York?; 9. Immigration Past and Present; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814727454
Additional Edition:
Print version In a New Land : A Comparative View of Immigration
Language:
English
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