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What's New about the "New" Immigration? : Traditions and Transformations in the United States since 1965 / by Marilyn Halter, Marilynn S. Johnson, Katheryn P. Viens, Conrad Edick Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- America--History.
- America.
- History, Modern.
- United States--History.
- United States.
- History of the Americas.
- Modern History.
- US History.
- Local Subjects:
- History of the Americas.
- Modern History.
- US History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (307 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Historians commonly point to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act as the inception of a new chapter in the story of American immigration. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from varied disciplines to consider what is genuinely new about this period.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Maps and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Place
- Chapter 1 The Metropolitan Diaspora
- Chapter 2 Racializing Latinos in the Nuevo South
- Chapter 3 The Politics of Place in Immigrant and Receiving Communities
- Part II Identity
- Chapter 4 Intergenerational Relations in Immigrant Families
- Chapter 5 Bosnians in Search of Community
- Chapter 6 The Ties That Bind
- Part III Society
- Chapter 7 Engaging the Public Sphere
- Chapter 8 Chinese American Participation in Transnational Activities and US-China Relations
- Chapter 9 What's New about the New Refugees?
- Chapter 10 Immigration Politics, Service Labor, and the Problem of the Undocumented Worker in Southern California
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781349503254
- 1349503258
- 9781137483850
- 1137483857
- OCLC:
- 903676574
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