Immigrant America : a portrait / Alejandro Portes and Rubén G. Rumbaut.
"This 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, spa...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley and Los Angeles, California :
University of California Press,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Fourth edition, revised, updated, and expanded. |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "This 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."--Publisher information. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (495 pages : illustrations) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-473) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520959159 9780520959156 |