Immigration Structures and Immigrant Lives (eBook)

An Introduction to the US Experience

David W. Haines (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
216 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6011-5 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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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.

Autor

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).

Inhalt

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 ImmigrationChapter 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 StatesChapter 4: To Live: Moving Forward but Looking BackChapter 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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.10.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 54 Illustrations including: - 12 Black & White Illustrations; - 4 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 38 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: America • American • Historical Immigration • U.S. • US • U.S. Immigration
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-6011-4 / 1442260114
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-6011-5 / 9781442260115