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Nigerian immigrants in the United States : race, identity, and acculturation / Ezekiel Umo Ette.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ette, Ezekiel Umo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nigerian Americans--History.
- Nigerian Americans.
- Nigerians--United States--History.
- Nigerians.
- Immigrants--Government policy--United States.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--Government policy.
- Emigration and immigration.
- History.
- United States.
- Nigeria--Emigration and immigration.
- Nigeria.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 191 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2012]
- Summary:
- Nigerian Immigrants in the United States: Race, Identity, and Acculturation attempts to generate an interest in the study of African immigrants by looking at issues of settlement and adjustment of Nigerians in the United States. This book explores the factors that contribute to the adaptation and integration of Nigerian immigrants living in some metropolitan areas of the United States and asks how immigrants themselves interpret their experiences in a new society. In an attempt to answer this question, others are generated, such as: Who are these Nigerians that have left their homeland? What can we learn from their experiences? Employing the study of this population through the method of phenomenology, Nigerian Immigrants in the United States leads the reader to understand the experience of being an immigrant in America. Those who work with Nigerian immigrants will find this book insightful and revealing. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Historical and theoretical approaches
- The African immigrant in the United States
- Historical review
- Theoretical analyses of immigration policies
- Meaning-making in the immigration experience
- Stories of immigrants: approaches and relevance in human services
- The men who came as students
- The women who came as wives
- The women who came as students
- Permanent visitors
- Visa lottery winners
- Adaptation and integration into American society
- Tools and resources for adjustment
- Working with Nigerian immigrants.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739170397
- 0739170392
- OCLC:
- 744302430
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