Immigrant America: A PortraitThis 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. |
Contents
1 The Three Phases of USBound Immigration | 1 |
2 Theoretical Overview | 48 |
Patterns of Immigrant Settlement and Spatial Mobility | 80 |
Education Occupation and Entrepreneurship | 112 |
Identity Citizenship and Political Participation | 161 |
Diversity and Resilience | 214 |
The New Second Generation | 258 |
The Enduring Presence | 306 |
Immigration and Public Policy | 371 |
Notes | 395 |
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