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Immigration Structures and Immigrant Lives - David W. Haines

Immigration Structures and Immigrant Lives

An Introduction to the US Experience

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Buch | Softcover
216 Seiten
2017
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6010-8 (ISBN)
CHF 64,55 inkl. MwSt
An introduction to the United States as a nation of immigrants and to the full complexities, challenges, and triumphs of the lives of those immigrants. Evokes both the United States experience and the implications of human mobility in an interconnected world.
Immigration Structures and Immigrant Lives provides a concise, comprehensive, interdisciplinary introduction to United States immigration and immigrants. The book is presented in two parts. Part I addresses the history, structure, dynamics, and politics of United States immigration from colonial times to the present. Part II focuses on the lives of immigrants with separate chapters examining the immigrant struggle simply to live, the challenges and opportunities of work in America, the different beliefs and commitments that fortify immigrants in their new lives, and the many different ways in which immigrants come to belong in the United States. The introduction and epilogue bracket the United States experience within a broader consideration of human mobility and current global migration trends and issues. Tables, case examples, and a timeline help illuminate both the general shape of immigration and the details of immigrant life.

This text is accompanied by an ancillary package of digital tables and illustrations in order to enhance the learning experience of both the instructors and students.

David Haines is Professor Emeritus at George Mason University. His academic work includes several edited volumes on immigrants and refugees in the United States, and numerous articles on migration, governance, and kinship. Recent books include: Safe Haven? A History of Refugees in America;Wind over Water: Migration in an East Asian Context (co-edited with Keiko Yamanaka and Shinji Yamashita); and the 2nd edition of An Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology. He has been teaching courses on immigrants and refugees for nearly two decades and is a recipient of his university’s teaching excellence award. He is also a former president of the Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology (SUNTA) and current Co-President of the Association for the Anthropology of Policy (ASAP).

Preface
Introduction: Humanity on the Move
Human Mobility
Movement and Migration, Barriers and Borders
Organization of the Book
A Note on Tables
Part I The United States and Immigration
Chapter 1: A World of Migrants, a Nation of Immigrants
Chapter 2: The Reopening of the United States: Refugees and Immigrants
Chapter 3: Migration Politics and Policies
Part II Immigrants and the United States
Chapter 4: To Live: Moving Forward but Looking Back
Chapter 5: To Work: Great Opportunities but Heavy Costs
Chapter 6: To Believe: Hopes, Dreams, and Commitments
Chapter 7: To Belong: Assimilation, Adaptation, and Accommodation
Epilogue: Beyond Immigration
Timeline: US Immigration Contexts, Events, and Legislation
Notes
Further Sources

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 16 b/w photos; 38 tables
Sprache englisch
Maße 151 x 228 mm
Gewicht 322 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-4422-6010-6 / 1442260106
ISBN-13 978-1-4422-6010-8 / 9781442260108
Zustand Neuware
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