The vanishing American dream : immigration, population, debt, scarcity / Virginia Deane Abernethy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abernethy, Virginia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Economic conditions--2009-.

United States.

Economic conditions.

United States--Economic policy--2009-.

Economic policy.

United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.

Social conditions.

United States--Social policy--1993-.

Social policy.

United States--Population policy.

Population policy.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xv, 333 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

The United States has gone off track, allowing domestic and foreign aid policies to be co-opted by a government-abetted by mass media-that serves special interests rather than the greater national good. Americans' tendencies to trust, play fair, and help have been abused and require replacement by a realistic outlook. The Vanishing American Dream posits solutions to get America back on the right track. Virginia Deane Abernethy sees population growth driven by mass immigration as a major cause of economic and cultural changes that have been detrimental to most Americans. The environment has been degraded by over-crowding and increasing demands on natural resources. Work is cheapened by explosive growth in the labor force creating a buyers market. One salary or wage no longer supports a family and educates children. Women working outside the home is a necessity, not a choice, for most American families. Furthermore, feminism, aimed originally at balanced gender roles, has been turned viciously against males of all ages and ultimately against females through degrading their traditional and valuable contributions. Abernethy proposes that Americans need time to regroup, untroubled by a continuing influx of foreign peoples. The family, small business, and responsive local government are centers around which a solvent and confident citizenry can prosper again. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Trust 1

Introduction 1

Jobs, Politics, and Immigration 2

Effects of Mass Immigration 6

Immigration Misinformation: Teeming Masses and Funny Numbers 7

Census Bureau Distortions Hide Immigration Crisis: Real Numbers Much Higher, Part I 17

To Reform Welfare, Reform Immigration 23

Immigration and the Nation's Health 25

2 Carrying Capacity and Complexity 33

Introduction 33

The Politics of Conservation 37

Doing Government to the People 41

Carrying Capacity: The Traditions and Policy Implications of Limits 46

A State Shows the Way 62

Population Problems 63

3 Explaining Fertility Rates: The Search for Causality 71

Introduction 71

Foreword to Aldine-Transaction Edition of Ester Boserup's The Conditions of Agricultural Growth 72

Population Planning in a Premodern Context 79

The Shipibo: Modernity Begets Fertility 87

4 Surprised by Sex: The Fertility Opportunity Hypothesis 91

Introduction 91

Fertility Decline No Mystery 93

Crowd Control. Review of George M. Moffett's Critical Masses: The Global Population Challenge 107

Population Dynamics: Why We Can Sit Back and Watch Fertility Fall 110

Eskimo Adaptation to a Harsh Environment 120

Why Asian Population Growth Is Grinding Down 124

Fertility Decline in Former "Asian Tigers" 126

5 The Unintended Consequences of Redistributed Wealth 149

Introduction 149

Optimism and Overpopulation 150

The Demographic Transition Revisited: Lessons for Foreign Aid and US Immigration Policy 157

Immigration Reduction Offers Chance for Softer Landing 173

The "One-World" Thesis as an Obstacle to Environmental Preservation 180

6 Population Growth Threatens Women and Children 193

Introduction 193

Coverage of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development 195

The World's Women: Fighting a Battle, Losing the War 196

Cultural Perspectives on the Impact of Women's Changing Roles on Psychiatry 213

7 Winners and Losers from Population Pressure 227

Introduction 227

Population Politics 228

Family Formation in America 231

Changing the USA's Population Signals for a Sustainable Future 240

Environmental and Ethical Aspects of International Migration 248

8 Marriage, Motherhood, and Power 271

Introduction 271

Compassion, Control, and Decisions about Competency 272

American Marriage in Cross-Cultural Perspective 283

9 Seeds of Conflict 301

Introduction 301

Government for the People? 302

Census Bureau Distortions Hide Immigration Crisis, Part II 305

Book Review of Ethnic Politics / Milton J. Esman Esman, Milton J. 309

10 Restoring the Tradition 313

Introduction 313

Report Confuses "Diversity," "Multiculturalism" 314

Promotion in the San Francisco Fire Department 317

Responsibility-The Lost Virtue 319

Marriage and Reproduction Make Sense After All 320.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Abernethy, Virginia, author. Vanishing American dream.

ISBN:

9781412862806

1412862809

9781412863377

1412863376

OCLC:

932172081