Immigrant America 4th edition
ISBN:0520274024
ISBN13:9780520274020
Publisher:University of California Press
Authors:Alejandro Portes, Ruben G. Rumbaut, Rubén G. Rumbaut
Immigrant America Description
Immigrant America 4 Edition 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.