The handbook of international migration : the American experience / Charles Hirschman, Philip Kasinitz, Josh DeWind, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hirschman, Charles

Kasinitz, Philip, 1957-

DeWind, Josh.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Immigrants--United States.

Immigrants.

Estados Unidos--Emigración e inmigración.

Emigration and immigration.

Local Subjects:

Estados Unidos--Emigración e inmigración.

Physical Description:

xiv, 502 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©1999.

Summary:

"The Handbook of International Migration gathers the best of this scholarship in one volume to present a comprehensive overview of the state of immigration research in this country, bringing coherence and fresh insight to this fast growing field." "The contributors to The Handbook of International Migration draw upon the best social science theory and demographic research to examine the effects and implications of immigration in the United States."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction. International migration and immigration research : the state of the field

pt. 1. Theories and concepts of international migration. Immigration theory for a new century : problems and opportunities / Alejandro Portes

Why does immigration occur? : a theoretical synthesis / Douglas S. Massey

The role of gender, households, and social networks in the migration process : a review and appraisal / Patricia R. Pessar

Matters of state : theorizing immigration policy / Aristide R. Zolberg

Transmigrants and nation-states : something old and something new in the U.S. immigrant experience / Nina Glick Schiller

Theories of international migration and immigration : a preliminary reconnaissance of ideal types / Charles Hirschman

pt. 2. Immigrant adaptation, assimilation, and incorporation. Rethinking assimilation theory for a new era of immigration / Richard Alba and Victor Nee

Toward a reconciliation of "assimilation" and "pluralism" : the interplay of acculturation and ethnic retention / Herbert J. Green

Assimilation and its discontents : ironies and paradoxes / Rubén G. Rumbaut

Segmented assimilation : issues, controversies, and recent research on the new second generation / Min Zhou.

Social and linguistic aspects of assimilation today / David E. López

Immigrants, past and present : a reconsideration / Joel Perlmann and Roger Waldinger

Immigrants' socioeconomic progress post-1965 : forging mobility or survival? / Rebeca Raijman and Marta Tienda

The immigrant family : cultural legacies and cultural changes / Nancy Foner

pt. 3. The American response to immigration. Liberty, coercion, and the making of Americans / Gary Gerstle

Immigration and political incorporation in the contemporary United States / David Plotke

Historical perspectives on the economic consequences of immigration into the United States / Susan B. Carter and Richard Sutch

Immigration and the receiving economy / Rachel M. Friedberg and Jennifer Hunt

Fiscal impacts of immigrants and the shrinking welfare state / Thomas J. Espenshade and Gregory A. Huber

Face the nation : race, immigration, and the rise of nativism in late-twentieth-century / George J. Sánchez.

Instead of a sequel, or, how I lost my subject / John Higham

Immigration reform and the browning of America : tensions, conflicts, and community instability in metropolitan Los Angeles / James H. Johnson Jr., Walter C. Farrell Jr., and Chandra Guinn

Urban political conflicts and alliances : New York and Los Angeles compared / John Hull Mollenkopf

U.S. immigration and changing relations between African Americans and Latinos / Nestor Rodriguez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-486) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

ISBN:

0871542447

9780871542441

OCLC:

41439653

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