Immigrant Life in the US: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

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Synopsis
Immigrant Life in the U.S. brings together scholars from across the disciplines to examine diverse examples of immigration to the paradigmatic 'nation of immigrants'. The volume covers a wide range of time periods, ethnic and national groups, and places of immigration. Contemporary Chinese children brought to the U.S. through adoption, Mexican laborers hired to work in the mid-west in the 1930s, Indian computer programmers hired to work in California, and more, are examined in a series of chapters that show the great diversity of issues facing immigrants in the past and in the present. This book emphasizes the complex tapestry that is the everyday experience of life as an immigrant and turns a critical eye on the place of globalization in the everyday life of immigrants. The contrasts it draws between past and present demonstrate the continued salience of national and ethnic identities while also describing how migrants can live almost simultaneously in two countries. This book will be of essential interest to advanced students and researchers of Sociology, History, Ethnic Studies and American Studies.
Copyright:
2002

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
256 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781134402670
Related ISBNs:
9780415859929, 9780203717806, 9780415306003
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Editorial matter and selection, Donna R. Gabaccia and Colin Wayne Leach
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Donna R. Gabaccia
Edited by:
Colin Wayne Leach

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