Pacific bridges : the new immigration from Asia and the Pacific islands / James T. Fawcett and Benjamin V. Cariño, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fawcett, James T., 1935-

Cariño, Benjamin V., 1942-

Center for Migration Studies (U.S.)

East-West Population Institute.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--Emigration and immigration.

Asia.

Islands of the Pacific--Emigration and immigration.

Islands of the Pacific.

Islas del Pacífico--Emigración e inmigración.

Emigration and immigration.

Pacific Ocean--Islands of the Pacific.

Local Subjects:

Islas del Pacífico--Emigración e inmigración.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xi, 489 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Staten Island, N.Y. : Center for Migration Studies, ©1987.

Contents:

Introduction : International migration and Pacific Basin development / James T. Fawcett and Benjamin V. Carino

Part I: Factors influencing international migration flows

The global picture of contemporary immigration pattterns / Mary M. Kritz

One field, many views : competing theories of international migration / Alejandro Portes

International relations and Asian migrations / Michael S. Teitelbaum

Contrasting patterns of Asian refugee movements : the Vietnamese and Afgan syndromes / Astri Suhrke and Frank Klink

Part II: Immigration trends and policies

The changing face of Asian immigration to the United States / Fred Arnold, Urmil Minocha, James T. Fawcett

Southeast Asian refugee migration to the United States / Linda W. Gordon

The Asian and Pacific Island peoples of Australia / Charles A. Price

New Zealand's admission of Asians and Pacific Islanders / Andrew D. Trlin

Asian immigrants to Canada / Daniel Kubat

Part III: Asians in the United States

Asian Americans growth and change in the 1970s / Peter S. Xenos [and others]

The future Asian population of the United States / Leon F. Bouvier and Anthony J. Agresta

Part IV: Sending-country perspectives

The Philippines and Southeast Asia : historical roots and contemporary linkages / Benjamin V. Carino

Korea and East Asia : premigration factors and U.S. immigration policy / Illsoo Kim

South Asian immigrants : trends and impacts on the sending and receiving societies / Urmil Minocha

Paradise left? Pacific Island voyagers in the modern world / John Connell

Part V: Research issues

Impacts of emigration on sending countries / Benjamin V. Carino

Documenting immigration : a comparison of research on Asian and Hispanic immigrants / Teresa A. Sullivan

Explaining diversity : Asian and Pacific immigration systems / James T. Fawcett and Fred Arnold.

Notes:

"Published in association with the East-West Population Institute, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Pacific bridges.

ISBN:

0934733090

9780934733090

0934733104

9780934733106

OCLC:

14376792

Publisher Number:

ZBWT00206650