What's new about the "new" Immigration? : traditions and transformations in the United States since 1965 / edited by Marilyn Halter, Marilynn S. Johnson, Katheryn P. Viens, and Conrad Edick Wright.
"Historians commonly point to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act as the inception of a new chapter in the story of American immigration. Whereas the previous system (itself based on the Immigration Act of 1924) limited newcomers and gave priority to applicants from northwestern Europe, the 196...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Physical Description: | x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
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- Introduction: Marilyn Halter and Christopher Capozzola
- PART I: THE CITY
- 1. 'The Metropolitan Diaspora: New Immigrants in Greater Boston; Marilynn S. Johnson
- 2. Racializing Latinos in the Nuevo South: Immigrants, Legal Status, and the State in Atlanta; Mary Odem and Irene Browne
- 3. The Politics of Place in Immigrant and Receiving Communities; Domenic Vitiello
- PART II: SELF
- 4. 'Intergenerational Relations in Immigrant Families: Comparisons across Time and Space; Nancy Foner
- 5. Bosnians in Search of Community: Keeping Faith and Ethnicity Alive in Boston; Kristen Lucken
- 6. The Ties that Bind: Kinship, Religion, and Community among Nigerian Immigrants in the U.S.; Veronica McComb
- PART III: SOCIETY
- 7. 'Engaging the Public Sphere: The Civic and Political Incorporation of Post-1965 Indian Immigrants; Caroline Brettell
- 8. Chinese American Participation in Transnational Activities and U.S.-China Relations; Xiao-huang Yin
- 9. U.S. Refugee Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: Balancing Humanitarian Obligations and Security Concerns; Maria Cristina Garci;a
- 10. Immigration Politics, Service Labor, and the Problem of the Undocumented Worker in Southern California; Thomas Jessen Adams.