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.
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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780520274020
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-520-27402-0
- Verlag: University of California Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 30.08.2014
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Fourth Auflage, Revised, Updated, and Expanded
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Trade Paperback
- Gewicht: 856 g
- Seiten: 544
- Format (B x H x T): 230 x 151 x 36 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Themen
- Sozialwissenschaften
- Ethnologie | Volkskunde
- Volkskunde
- Kultureller Wandel, Kulturkontakt, Akkulturation
- Sozialwissenschaften
- Ethnologie | Volkskunde
- Volkskunde
- Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen