A nation of nations : a great American immigration story /

"The dramatic and compelling story of the transformation of America during the last fifty years, told through a handful of families in one suburban county in Virginia that has been utterly changed by recent immigration. In the fifty years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the fore...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gjelten, Tom (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Minorities > Virginia > Fairfax County > Social conditions. Immigrants > Virginia > Fairfax County > Social conditions. Immigrants > Virginia > Fairfax County > Biography. Social change > Virginia > Fairfax County. Fairfax County (Va.) > Ethnic relations. Fairfax County (Va.) > Emigration and immigration. Fairfax County (Va.) > Biography. Developing countries > Emigration and immigration. United States > Emigration and immigration. United States. > Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. HISTORY / United States / General. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration. Biographies.

Table of Contents:

Two families from Korea
A family from Bolivia
Out of Korea
Bolivia to America
A family from Libya
Crossroads
A Libyan boy in America
Good immigrants, bad immigrants
JFK
The 1965 reform
Turning point
Minorities
Diversity
Muslim Americans
Integration
Initiative
Backlash
After 9/11
The second generation
Politics
Americanization.