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9780814744840
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0814744842
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Critical America Series
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The impetus behind California's Proposition 187 clearly reflects the growing anti-immigrant sentiment in this country. Many Americans regard today's new immigrants as not truly American, as somehow less committed to the ideals on which the country was founded. In clear, precise terms, Bill Ong Hing considers immigration in the context of the global economy, a sluggish national economy, and the hard facts about downsizing. Importantly, he also confronts the emphatic claims of immigrant supporters that immigrants do assimilate, take jobs that native workers don't want, and contribute more to the
Inhalt:
The impetus behind California's Proposition 187 clearly reflects the growing anti-immigrant sentiment in this country. Many Americans regard today's new immigrants as not truly American, as somehow less committed to the ideals on which the country was founded. In clear, precise terms, Bill Ong Hing considers immigration in the context of the global economy, a sluggish national economy, and the hard facts about downsizing. Importantly, he also confronts the emphatic claims of immigrant supporters that immigrants do assimilate, take jobs that native workers don't want, and contribute more to the
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ISBN 9780814735237
Weitere Ausg.:
Hing, Bill Ong, 1949 - To be an American New York, NY [u.a.] : New York Univ. Press, 1997 ISBN 0814735231
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Hing, Bill Ong To Be An American : Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation New York : NYU Press, ©1997 ISBN 9780814735237
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