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by Annette Mahoney
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
The Health and Well-Being of Caribbean Immigrants in the United States is a timely addition to the knowledge base concerning the integration of this population into the fabric of American society. On the eve of the fortieth anniversary of the 1965 Immigration Reform Act, this book examines the relationship...
Immigrant Experiences
Why Immigrants Come to the United States and What They Find When They Get Here
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Immigrant Experiences: Why Immigrants Come to the United States and What They Find When They Get Here weaves together detailed historical and contemporary examples of immigration to the United States that move beyond hackneyed stereotypes about immigrants to give readers a fact-based understanding...
Encountering Ellis Island
How European Immigrants Entered America
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
America is famously known as a nation of immigrants. Millions of Europeans journeyed to the United States in the peak years of 1892–1924, and Ellis Island, New York, is where the great majority landed. Ellis Island opened in 1892 with the goal of placing immigration under the control of the federal...
by Wendy Pojmann
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
The influx of female migrants to Europe has posed challenges to established European feminist movements. In this book the author assesses the significance of female immigration to Italy and its impact on Italian feminism by analyzing the way in which immigrant and Italian women have constructed their...
Irregular Immigration in Southern Europe
Actors, Dynamics and Governance
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Focusing on the dynamics of irregular immigration in Southern EU Member States, this book analyses how the phenomenon is managed at national and local levels in different legal and political systems. In doing so, it answers vital policy questions regarding the continued existence of irregular migration,...
A Forgetful Nation
On Immigration and Cultural Identity in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2005
In A Forgetful Nation, the renowned postcolonialism scholar Ali Behdad turns his attention to the United States. Offering a timely critique of immigration and nationalism, Behdad takes on an idea central to American national mythology: that the United States is “a nation of immigrants,” welcoming...
by Susanna Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church addresses one of the most pressing issues confronting contemporary society. How are we to engage with migrants? Drawing on studies of church engagement with asylum seekers in the UK and critical immigration and refugee issues in North America, Snyder presents an...
American Immigration Policy
Confronting the Nation's Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2010
Collaboration can be a painful process, especially between authors of different disciplines. This book is an outgrowth of discussions between a Political Scientist and Economists at the School of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Louisville. The Economics perspective is found in Chapter 3 and...
Migration in an Era of Restriction and Recession
Sending and Receiving Nations in a Changing Global Environment
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
We live in an age of global migration. The number of immigrants worldwide is large and growing. At the same time, public and political reactions against immigrants have grown in the US, the UK, Canada, and other traditional and non-traditional receiving nations. In response to this trend, this book assembles...
Living Together, Living Apart
Mixed Status Families and US Immigration Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
Immigration reform remains one of the most contentious issues in the United States today. For mixed status families—families that include both citizens and noncitizens—this is more than a political issue: it’s a deeply personal one. Undocumented family members and legal residents lack the rights...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Immigrants and their descendants are growing populations that are rapidly changing the racial/ethnic diversity of the United States and many societies across the globe. People migrate for a multitude of reasons but work whether in the high-skilled, low-wage, or informal sectors of the economy or the...
New Immigration Destinations
Migrating to Rural and Peripheral Areas
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Current population movements involve both established and new destinations, often encompassing marginal and rural communities and resulting in a whole new set of issues for these communities. New Immigration Destinations examines structural forces and individual strategies and behaviour to highlight...
Employers, Agencies and Immigration
Paying for Care
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Exploring the performance by immigrants of domestic and care work in European households, this book places the employer centre-stage, examining the role of the employer and his or her agents in securing the balance between work, family and welfare needs, as well as investigating both who the employers...
The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez
A Border Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
What happens when an undocumented teen mother takes on the U.S. immigration system?
When Aida Hernandez was born in 1987 in Agua Prieta, Mexico, the nearby U.S. border was little more than a worn-down fence. Eight years later, Aida’s mother took her and her siblings to live in Douglas, Arizona....