Safe haven? : a history of refugees in America /

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The notion of America as land of refuge is vital to American civic consciousness yet over the past seventy years the country has had a complicated and sometimes erratic relationship with its refugee populations. Attitudes and actions toward refugees from the government, voluntary organizations, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haines, David W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2010.
Temas:
Refugees > United States > History.
Immigrants > United States > History.
Réfugiés > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Immigrants
Refugees
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Refugees and America : moral commitments and practical challenges
  • A new land : loss, hope and an uncertain future
  • Perfectly American : constructing the refugee experience
  • Ethnicity's shadows : dilemmas of identity
  • Binding the generations : households and refugee adaptation
  • The logic of resettlement policy : English and self-sufficiency
  • Refuge in America.

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