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The new Bostonians : how immigrants have transformed the metro area since the 1960s / |c / Marilynn S. Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Marilynn S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Massachusetts--Boston--History--20th century.
- Immigrants.
- Boston (Mass.)--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions.
- Boston (Mass.)--Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (308 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How immigrants helped rebuild a city--and redefined what it means to be American Among the most consequential pieces of Great Society legislation, the Immigration Act of 1965 opened the nation's doors to large-scale immigration from Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- Contents:
- Boston's "old" immigrants
- Roots and routes
- The metropolitan diaspora
- Immigrants and work in the new economy
- Nativism, violence, and the rise of multiculturalism
- Immigrant religion and Boston's quiet revival
- The new ethnic politics in Boston
- Epilogue: immigrants and the new majority.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-355-7
- OCLC:
- 928807942
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