Immigrant America : a portrait /

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Author / Creator:Portes, Alejandro, 1944- author.
Edition:Fourth edition, revised, updated, and expanded.
Imprint:Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2014]
©2014
Description:1 online resource (xli, 495 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11276605
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Other authors / contributors:Rumbaut, Rubén G., author.
ISBN:9780520959156
0520959159
9780520274020
0520274024
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-473) and index.
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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."--Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Portes, Alejandro, 1944- Immigrant America. Fourth edition, revised, updated, and expanded 9780520274020

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