In a New Land : : A Comparative View of Immigration /

In a New Land : : A Comparative View of Immigration / / Nancy Foner.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Foner, Nancy,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Migration in Comparative Perspective
  • PART I Comparisons Across Time Immigrants in New York~s Two Great Waves
  • 1 The Social Construction of Race in Two Immigrant Eras
  • 2 Immigrants and African Americans
  • 3 Transnationalism Old and New
  • 4 Immigrant Women and Work, Then and Now
  • PART II Comparisons Across Space West Indians in New York and London
  • 5 Being Black in London and New York: The Caribbean Experience
  • 6 Place Matters Comparative Perspectives on the West Indian Migrant Experience
  • 7 Gendered Transitions: Jamaican Women in New York and London
  • PART III Comparisons Across Space Urban and National Perspectives
  • 8 How Exceptional Is New York? Immigration in Contemporary Urban America
  • 9 Immigration Past and Present: Some U.S.-European Comparisons
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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