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A Sociology of Immigration (Re)Making Multifaceted America
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- Summary
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This book proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of immigration. It examines four major issues informing current sociological studies of immigration: mechanisms and effects of internati...
This book proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of immigration. It examines four major issues informing current sociological studies of immigration: mechanisms and effects of international migration, processes of immigrants' assimilation and transnational engagements, and the adaptation patterns of the second generation.
Details
- Creator
- by E. Morawska
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed. 2009
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- ISBNs
- 134930882X, 1282665138, 9786612665134, 0230240879, 0230321763, 0230223958
- OCLC
- ocn650279538
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-278) and index.
- English
- 1. The Experience of Old and New Immigrants: A Comparison -- 2. Mechanisms and Effects of International Migration -- 3. Residential Settlement, Economic Incorporation, and Civic Reception of Immigrants -- 4. Immigrants' Socio-Cultural and Civic-Political Assimilation: Different Groups, Different Contexts, and Different Trajectories -- 5. Looking Beyond the Host Country: Immigrants' Transnational Engagements -- 6. Immigrants' American-Born Children: Their Modes of Assimilation and Transnational Engagements -- In Lieu of Conclusion: Some Lessons from the Analysis of American Immigrants' Experience, Research Agendas of (Im)Migration Studies Elsewhere in the World, and What We Can Learn from Each Other