This third edition of the widely acclaimed classic has been thoroughly expanded and updated to reflect current demographic, economic, and political realities. Drawing on recent census data and other primary sources, Portes and Rumbaut have infused the entire text with new information and added a vivid array of new vignettes and illustrations. ...
One out of five Americans, more than 55 million people, are first-or second-generation immigrants. This landmark study, the most comprehensive to date, probes all aspects of the new immigrant second generation's lives, exploring their immense potential to transform American society for better or worse. Whether this new generation reinvigorates the ...
With the increasing worldwide problems of migration, research into its causes and effects become every more urgent. This volume takes stock of recent advancements that social science research in both Europe and the United States has made to understanding central aspects of international migration. The focus is on conceptual, methodological, and ...
The new immigration to the United States is unprecedented in its diversity of colour, class and cultural origins. Over the past few decades, the racial and ethnic composition and stratification of the American population - as well as the social meanings of race, ethnicity and American identity - have fundamentally changed. "Ethnicities", a ...
'The authors reveal how the Cuban success story has transformed the character of Miami while delineating more sharply the identity of other ethnic communities' - "New York Times Book Review". 'Makes a case for the importance of political capital ...in building ethnic solidarity' - "Contemporary Sociology".
'The Urban Caribbean' studies urbanization in five countries--Costa Rica, Haiti, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica--during the 1980s and 1990s when the region's economy shifted from one heavily dependent on imports to one directed more to producing exports. This shift caused producers and entrepreneurs to rely more on microenterprises ...
Widely acclaimed for its superb portrayal of immigration and immigrant lives in the United States, this work, first published in 1990, has become a classic. This second edition has been thoroughly expanded and updated to reflect current demographic, economic, and political realities, and the vertiginous pace of historical change in the post-Cold ...
This book brings together highly respected policy advocates, legal experts, social scientists, and Latino activists. It links each facet of the immigration experience to current policy choices and recommendations. It will be of interest to concerned citizens, advocates, policymakers, and public policy analysts. "Getting Immigration Right" focuses ...
Min Zhou examines how an ethnic enclave works to direct its members into American society, while at the same time shielding them from it. Focusing specifically on New York's Chinatown, a community established more than a century ago, Zhou offers a thorough and modern treatment of the enclave as a socioeconomic system, distinct form, but ...
Occupying a unique place in the cultural imagination of America, Miami is a city that projects fantasies of wealth and excess. This study explores the recent transformation that has taken place as Miami moves from a light-hearted tourist resort to a troubled city of great ethnic diversity.
How do children of immigrants achieve success despite daunting obstacles? Poverty, language barriers, parents' long work hours, and limited resources work against immigrant children's efforts to do well in school. Yet some of these students manage to beat the odds, graduate from universities, acquire advanced degrees, and achieve careers in the ...
How do children of immigrants achieve success despite daunting obstacles? Poverty, language barriers, parents' long work hours, and limited resources work against immigrant children's efforts to do well in school. Yet some of these students manage to beat the odds, graduate from universities, acquire advanced degrees, and achieve careers in the ...
The new immigration to the United States is unprecedented in its diversity of colour, class and cultural origins. Over the past few decades, the racial and ethnic composition and stratification of the American population - as well as the social meanings of race, ethnicity and American identity - have fundamentally changed. "Ethnicities", a ...
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