| From Arrival to Incorporation: Migrants to the U.S. in a Global Era Contributor(s): Barkan, Elliott (Editor), Diner, Hasia R. (Editor), Kraut, Alan M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814799612 ISBN-13: 9780814799611 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: The United States is once again in the midst of a peak period of immigration. By 2005, more than 35 million legal and illegal migrants were present in the United States. At different rates and with differing degrees of difficulty, a great many will be incorporated into American society and culture. Leading immigration experts in history, sociology, anthropology, economics, and political science here offer multiethnic and multidisciplinary perspectives on the challenges confronting immigrants adapting to a new society. How will these recent arrivals become Americans? Does the journey to the U.S. demand abandoning the past? How is the United States changing even as it requires change from those who come here? Broad thematic essays are coupled with case studies and concluding essays analyzing contemporary issues facing Muslim newcomers in the wake of 9/11. Together, they offer a vibrant portrait of Americas new populations today. Contributors: Anny Bakalian, Elliott Barkan, Mehdi Bozorgmehr, Caroline Brettell, Barry R. Chiswick, Hasia Diner, Roland L. Guyotte, Gary Gerstle, David W. Haines, Alan M. Kraut, Xiyuan Li, Timothy J. Meagher, Paul Miller, Barbara M. Posadas, Paul Spickard, Roger Waldinger, Karen A. Woodrow-Lafield, and Min Zhou. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Essays - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 304.873 |
| LCCN: 2007030065 |
| Series: Nation of Newcomers: Immigrant History as American History |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.04" W x 8.91" (0.94 lbs) 310 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The United States is once again in the midst of a peak period of immigration. By 2005, more than 35 million legal and illegal migrants were present in the United States. At different rates and with differing degrees of difficulty, a great many will be incorporated into American society and culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Barkan, Elliott: - Elliott Barkan is Emeritus Professor of History and Ethnic Studies at California State University, San Bernardino. He is the author or editor of numerous books including, most recently, From All Points: America's Immigrant West, 1870s-1952.Diner, Hasia R.: - Hasia Diner is Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. She is the author of the award-winning We Remember with Reverence and Love: American Jews and the Myth of Silence after the Holocaust, 1945-1962 (NYU Press, 2009). Kraut, Alan M.: - Alan M. Kraut is Professor of History at American University. His numerous books include, most recently, Covenant of Care: Newark Beth Israel and the Jewish Hospital in America (co-authored with Deborah Kraut). |