Immigrant America : a portrait / Alejandro Portes and Rubén G. Rumbaut.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Portes, Alejandro, 1944- author.

Rumbaut, Rubén G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States--History.

Immigrants.

Americanization--History.

Americanization.

United States--Emigration and immigration--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (539 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides readers with a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume. Updated with the latest available data, Immigrant America explores the economic, political, spatial, and linguistic aspects of immigration; the role of religion in the acculturation and social integration of foreign minorities; and the adaptation process for the second generation. This revised edition includes new chapters on theories of migration and on the history of U.S.-bound migration from the late nineteenth century to the present, offering an updated and expanded concluding chapter on immigration and public policy.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface to the Fourth Edition

Preface to the Third Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments for the Fourth Edition

Acknowledgments for the Third Edition

Acknowledgments for the Second Edition

Acknowledgments for the First Edition

1. The Three Phases of U.S.-Bound Immigration

2. Theoretical Overview

3. Moving: Patterns of Immigrant Settlement and Spatial Mobility

4. Making It in America: Education, Occupation, and Entrepreneurship

5. From Immigrants to Ethnics: Identity, Citizenship, and Political Participation

6. Language: Diversity and Resilience

7. Growing Up American: The New Second Generation

8. Religion: The Enduring Presence

9. Conclusion: Immigration and Public Policy

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520959156

0520959159

OCLC:

885122114