Immigrant America : a portrait /
Portes, Alejandro, 1944-
Immigrant America : a portrait / Alejandro Portes and Rubén G. Rumbaut. - Fourth edition, revised, updated, and expanded. - 1 online resource (xli, 495 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-473) and index.
The three phases of U.S.-bound immigration -- Theoretical overview -- Moving : patterns of immigrant settlement and spatial mobility -- Making it in America: education, occupation, and entrepreneurship -- From immigrants to ethnics : identity, citizenship, and political participation -- Language : diversity and resilience -- Growing up American : the new second generation -- Religion : the enduring presence -- Conclusion : immigration and public policy.
"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."--Provided by publisher.
9780520959156 (electronic bk.) 0520959159 (electronic bk.) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt74qfzw JSTOR
2014018276
Immigrants--History.--United States
Americanization--History.
Américanisation--Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Emigration & Immigration.
Americanization.
Emigration and immigration.
Immigrants.
United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
United States.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
JV6450 / .P67 2014eb
304.8/73
Immigrant America : a portrait / Alejandro Portes and Rubén G. Rumbaut. - Fourth edition, revised, updated, and expanded. - 1 online resource (xli, 495 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-473) and index.
The three phases of U.S.-bound immigration -- Theoretical overview -- Moving : patterns of immigrant settlement and spatial mobility -- Making it in America: education, occupation, and entrepreneurship -- From immigrants to ethnics : identity, citizenship, and political participation -- Language : diversity and resilience -- Growing up American : the new second generation -- Religion : the enduring presence -- Conclusion : immigration and public policy.
"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."--Provided by publisher.
9780520959156 (electronic bk.) 0520959159 (electronic bk.) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt74qfzw JSTOR
2014018276
Immigrants--History.--United States
Americanization--History.
Américanisation--Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Emigration & Immigration.
Americanization.
Emigration and immigration.
Immigrants.
United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
United States.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
JV6450 / .P67 2014eb
304.8/73