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In a new land : a comparative view of immigration /

According to the 2000 census, foreign-born US residents, together with their American-born children, constitute one fifth of the nation's population. What does this mass immigration mean for America? Nancy Foner attampts to answer this question in her study of comparative immigration.

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Main Author: Foner, Nancy, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2005.
Subjects and Genres:
Emigration and immigration > Cross-cultural studies.
Émigration et immigration > Études transculturelles.
Emigration and immigration.
Auswanderung
Einwanderung
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Migratie (demografie)
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Europe > Emigration and immigration.
New York (N.Y.) > Emigration and immigration.
London (England) > Emigration and immigration.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration.
Europe > Émigration et immigration.
New York (N.Y.) > Émigration et immigration.
Londres (Angleterre) > Émigration et immigration.
England > London.
Europe.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
Europa
USA.
Verenigde Staten.
New York (stad)
Londen.
Cross-cultural studies.
Online Access:ebrary
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 contemporary urban America
  • Immigration past and present : some U.S.-Europe comparisons.

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