In a new land : a comparative view of immigration

In a new land : a comparative view of immigration / Nancy Foner.

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...

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Main Author: Foner, Nancy, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation.
Subjects:
Emigration and immigration > Cross-cultural studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Europe > Emigration and immigration.
New York (N.Y.) > Emigration and immigration.
London (England) > Emigration and immigration.
England > London
Europe
New York (State) > New York
United States
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • The social construction of race in two immigrant eras
  • Immigrants and African Americans
  • Transnationalism old and new
  • Immigrant women and work, then and now
  • Being Black in London and New York : the Caribbean experience
  • Place matters : comparative perspectives on the West Indian migrant experience
  • Gendered transitions : Jamaican women in New York and London
  • How exceptional is New York? : immigration in urban America
  • Immigration past and present : some U.S.-Europe comparisons.

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