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Immigrant America : a portrait /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Portes, Alejandro, 1944- (Author), Rumbaut, Rubén G. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2024.
Edition:Fifth edition, updated and expanded.
Subjects:
Immigrants > United States > History.
Americanization > History.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
Américanisation > Histoire.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The four phases of U.S.-bound immigration
  • Theoretical overview
  • Moving : patterns of immigrant settlement and spatial mobility
  • Making it in America : education, occupation, and entrepreneurship
  • From immigrants to ethnics : identity, citizenship, and political participation
  • Language : diversity and resilience
  • The new second generation
  • Religion : the enduring presence
  • Conclusion.