| Author | : Alejandro Portes |
| File Size | : 55,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 30 August 2014 |
| ISBN | : 9780520959156 |
| Pages | : 544 pages |
Immigrant America by Alejandro Portes Book PDF 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.