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From arrival to incorporation : migrants to the U.S. in a global era / edited by Elliott R. Barkan, Hasia Diner, and Alan M. Kraut

Catalog Data

Author:
Barkan, Elliott Robert  Search this
Diner, Hasia R  Search this
Kraut, Alan M  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 310 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2008
C2008
Contents:
America and refugees : morality, rationality, and expedience, 1939-2005 / David W. Haines -- Migration, immigration, and naturalization in America / Karen A. Woodrow-Lafield -- Immigrant enclaves, ethnic goods, and the adjustment process / Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller -- Asian Americans, religion, and race / Paul Spickard -- "Meet me at the chat/chaat corner" : the embeddedness of immigrant entrepreneurs / Caroline B. Brettell -- Filipino families in the land of Lincoln : immigrant incorporation in Springfield, Illinois, since 1965 / Barbara M. Posadas and Roland L. Guyotte -- Ethnic-language maintenance and social mobility : a historical look at the development of Chinese schools in the United States / Min Zhou and Xiyuan Li -- The importance of being Italian : Italian Americans in American popular culture, 1960s to 1990s / Timothy J. Meagher -- The immigrant as threat to American security : a historical perspective / Gary Gerstle -- Post-9/11 government initiatives in comparative and historical perspectives / Mehdi Bozorgmehr and Anny Bakalian -- Immigrant "transnationalism" and the presence of the past / Roger Waldinger
Topic:
Immigrants--History  Search this
Americanization--History  Search this
Globalization--Social aspects  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
History  Search this
Ethnic relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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