Immigrant America
A Portrait
Prof Alejandro Portes author Prof Rubén G Rumbaut author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of California Press
Published:3rd Oct '14
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
ISBN: 9780520274020
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 36mm
Weight: 862g
544 pages
4th Revised edition