Immigrant America : a portrait /
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Author / Creator: | Portes, Alejandro, 1944- author. |
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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 |
Other authors / contributors: | Rumbaut, Rubén G., author. |
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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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