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In a new land : a comparative view of immigration /

2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title!According to the 2000 census, more than 10% of U.S. residents were foreign born; together with their American-born children, this group constitutes one fifth of the nation's population. What does this mass immigration mean for America? Leading immigration...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foner, Nancy, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The social construction of race in two immigrant eras
  • Immigrants and African Americans
  • Transnationalism old and new
  • Immigrant women and work, then and now
  • Being Black in London and New York : the Caribbean experience
  • Place matters : comparative perspectives on the West Indian migrant experience
  • Gendered transitions : Jamaican women in New York and London
  • How exceptional is New York? : immigration in urban America
  • Immigration past and present : some U.S.-Europe comparisons.