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A Nation by Design
Aristide R. Zolberg
In A Nation by Design, Aristide Zolberg explores American immigration policy from the colonial period to the present, discussing how it has been used as a tool of nation building. This is an authoritative account of American immigration history and the political and social factors that brought it about. Zolberg's book shows how America has struggled to shape the immigration process to construct the kind of population it desires.
Paperback September 2008
Becoming Brazuca
Edited by Clémence Jouët-Pastré
Edited by Leticia J. Braga
Brazilians in the United States are a relatively new wave of immigrants from South America. This volume offers a broad-ranging discussion of an understudied population and also brings insights into the core issues of immigration research: how immigration can complicate issues of social class, race, and ethnicity, how it intersects with the educational system, and how it fits into the assimilation paradigm.
Paperback July 2008
Inheriting the City
Philip Kasinitz
John H. Mollenkopf
Mary C. Waters
Jennifer Holdaway
Behind the contentious politics of immigration lies the question of how well new immigrants are becoming part of American society. To address this question, Inheriting the City draws on the results of a ground-breaking study of young adults of immigrant parents in metropolitan New York to provide a comprehensive look at their social, economic, cultural, and political lives.
Hardcover May 2008
Learning a New Land
Carola Suárez-Orozco
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco
Irina Todorova
One child in five in America is the child of immigrants, and their numbers increase each year. Based on an extraordinary interdisciplinary study that followed 400 newly arrived children from the Caribbean, China, Central America, and Mexico for five years, this book provides a compelling account of the lives, dreams, academic journeys, and frustrations of these youngest immigrants.
Hardcover February 2008
The Other Latinos
Edited by José Luis Falconi
Edited by José Antonio Mazzotti
Contributions by Michael Jones-Correa
Contributions by Helen B. Marrow
Contributions by Arturo Arias
Contributions by Nestor Rodriguez
Contributions by Juan Zevallos-Aguilar
Contributions by Claret Vargas
Contributions by Edmundo Paz-Soldán
Contributions by Debra Castillo
Contributions by Teresa Sales
Contributions by Maxine Margolies
Contributions by Ana Cristina Braga Martes
Contributions by Luciano Tosta
The Other Latinos addresses an important topic: the presence in the United States of Latin American and Caribbean immigrants from countries other than Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Focusing on the Andes, Central America, and Brazil, the book brings together essays by a number of accomplished scholars, hoping that this introductory work will inspire others to construct a more complete understanding of the realities of Latin American migration into the United States.
Paperback February 2008