Immigrant America : a portrait /

Immigrant America : a portrait /

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Bibliographic Details
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
Subject:	Immigrants -- United States -- History. Americanization -- History. Americanization. Emigration and immigration. Immigrants. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History. United States. Electronic book. History. Electronic books.
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. Print version record.
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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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.<br> <br> 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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xli, 495 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-473) and index.
ISBN:	9780520959156 0520959159 9780520274020 0520274024