The new Americans : a guide to immigration since 1965 / edited by Mary C. Waters & Reed Ueda ; with Helen B. Marrow.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction / Waters, Mary C. / Ueda, Reed -- Immigration in Global Historical Perspective / Ueda, Reed -- Immigration Control Policy: Law and Implementation / Zolberg, Aristide R. -- Citizenship and Nationality Policy / Schuck, Peter H. -- Refugees / Haines, David W. -- Unauthorized Migration / Bean, Frank D. / Lowell, B. Lindsay -- Settlement Patterns in Metropolitan America / Logan, John R. -- Ethnic and Racial Identity / Gans, Herbert J. -- Intermarriage and Multiple Identities / Perlmann, Joel / Waters, Mary C. -- Assimilation / Alba, Richard / Nee, Victor -- Transforming Foreigners into Americans / Waldinger, Roger -- Transnationalism / Morawska, Ewa -- Pluralism and Group Relations / Hochschild, Jennifer L. -- Immigrants and the Economy / Kaushal, Neeraj / Reimers, Cordelia W. / Reimers, David M. -- Ethnic Politics / Jones-Correa, Michael -- Ethnic Media / Viswanath, K. / Lee, Karen Ka-man -- Religion / Eck, Diana L. -- Language / López, David / Estrada, Vanesa -- Education / Suárez-Orozco, Carola / Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo -- Gender and Family / Pessar, Patricia R. -- The Second Generation / Foner, Nancy / Kasinitz, Philip -- Africa: West / Halter, Marilyn -- Africa: East / Kusow, Abdi -- Africa: South Africa and Zimbabwe / Marrow, Helen B. -- Canada / Gabaccia, Donna R. -- Central America. Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua / Chinchilla, Norma Stoltz / Hamilton, Nora -- China: People's Republic of China / Yin, Xiao-huang -- China: Outside the People's Republic of China / Holdaway, Jennifer -- Colombia / Guarnizo, Luis Eduardo / Espitia, Marilyn -- Cuba / Pérez, Lisandro -- Dominican Republic / Levitt, Peggy -- El Salvador / Menjívar, Cecilia -- Europe: Central and Southeastern. Bulgaria, Former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Former Yugoslavia / Ispa-Landa, Simone -- Haiti / Konczal, Lisa / Stepick, Alex -- India / Leonard, Karen Isaksen -- Iran / Bozorgmehr, Mehdi -- Jamaica / Vickerman, Milton -- Korea / Min, Pyong Gap -- Mexico / Camarillo, Albert M. -- Middle East and North Africa / Gold, Steven J. / Bozorgmehr, Mehdi -- Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa / Small, Cathy A. -- Pacific: Japan, Australia, New Zealand / Oishi, Nana -- Philippines / Choy, Catherine Ceniza -- Poland / Erdmans, Mary Patrice -- Russia / Gold, Steven J. -- South America. Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela / Marrow, Helen B. -- South Asia. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal / Kibria, Nazli -- Southeast Asia. Laos, Cambodia, Thailand / Bankston, Carl L. / Hidalgo, Danielle Antoinette -- United Kingdom / Roth, Wendy D. -- Vietnam / Rumbaut, Rubén G. -- West Indies. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, St. Kitts, Trinidad / Holder, Calvin B. -- Appendix: Immigration and Naturalization Legislation -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index

This comprehensive guide, edited and written by an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars, provides an authoritative account of the most recent surge of immigrants in twenty thematic essays and comprehensive articles on immigration from the thirty most significant nations or regions of origin.

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