Immigrant America : a portrait / Alejandro Portes and Rubén G. Rumbaut.
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- JV6450 P67 2006
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | JV6450 P67 2006 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000114620 |
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JV6450 .K46 2018 A nation of immigrants / | JV6450 L46 2006 Guarding the gates : immigration and national security / | JV6450 L46 2006 Guarding the gates : immigration and national security / | JV6450 P67 2006 Immigrant America : a portrait / | JV6451 B37 1998 "Asylum for mankind" : America, 1607-1800 / | JV6453 .K4612 1965 أمة من المهاجرين / | JV6455 F47 2000 Public attitudes toward immigration in the United States, France, and Germany / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-445) and index.
1. Nine stories -- 2. Who they are and why they come -- The origins of immigration -- Immigrants and their types -- Overview -- 3. Moving : patterns of immigrant settlement and spatial mobility -- The pioneers -- Following in the footsteps -- Contemporary settlement patterns : a map of immigrant America -- Locational decisions of immigrant groups -- Preferred places -- Persistent ethnicity -- Conclusion : the pros and cons of spatial concentration -- 4. Making it in America : occupational and economic adaptation -- Immigrants in the American economy -- Explaining the differences : modes of incorporation -- Conclusion --
5. From immigrants to ethnics : identity, citizenship, and political participation -- In the society and not of it -- Immigrant politics at the turn of the century -- Immigrant politics today -- Making it count : citizenship acquisition -- The future of immigrant politics -- Variations within a theme -- Conclusion -- 6. A foreign world : immigration, mental health, and acculturation -- Travel and travail -- Marginality and freedom -- Early psychopathology : the eugenics approach to mental illness -- From nationality to class and context : the changed etiology of mental illness -- Immigrants and refugees : contemporary trends -- Contexts of incorporation : mental health and help seeking -- Acculturation and its discontents -- Immigration and incarceration -- Acculturation and perceptions of discrimination -- Conclusion : the major determinants of immigrant psychology --
7. Learning the ropes : language and education -- Patterns of English language acquisition in the United States -- Language diversity and resilience in the United States today -- Assimilation and linguistic pluralism in the United States -- Conclusion -- 8. Growing up American : the new second generation -- The new second generation at a glance -- Parental human capital and modes of incorporation -- The children of immigrants longitudinal study -- Where they grow up : challenges to second-generation adaptation -- Confronting the challenge -- Segmented assimilation in early adulthood -- Conclusion --
9. Religion : the enduring presence -- Yesterday and today -- Religion and modes of incorporation -- Religious diversity and change -- Religion and transnationalism -- Religion and the second generation -- Religion : linear and reactive -- The Mexican experience -- Islam -- Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion : immigration and public policy -- A game of mirrors : the public perception of immigration -- The reality underneath : the political economy of immigration -- The clash of ideology and reality -- Better policies for a better future -- Conclusion.