What's new about the "new" immigration? : traditions and transformations in the United States since 1965

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What's new about the "new" immigration? : traditions and transformations in the United States since 1965

edited by Marilyn Halter ... [et al.]

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Historians commonly point to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act as the inception of a new chapter in the story of American immigration. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from varied disciplines to consider what is genuinely new about this period.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: Marilyn Halter and Christopher Capozzola PART I: THE CITY 1. 'The Metropolitan Diaspora: New Immigrants in Greater Boston
  • Marilynn S. Johnson 2. Racializing Latinos in the Nuevo South: Immigrants, Legal Status, and the State in Atlanta
  • Mary Odem and Irene Browne 3. The Politics of Place in Immigrant and Receiving Communities
  • Domenic Vitiello PART II: SELF 4. 'Intergenerational Relations in Immigrant Families: Comparisons across Time and Space
  • Nancy Foner 5. Bosnians in Search of Community: Keeping Faith and Ethnicity Alive in Boston
  • Kristen Lucken 6. The Ties that Bind: Kinship, Religion, and Community among Nigerian Immigrants in the U.S.
  • Veronica McComb PART III: SOCIETY 7. 'Engaging the Public Sphere: The Civic and Political Incorporation of Post-1965 Indian Immigrants
  • Caroline Brettell 8. Chinese American Participation in Transnational Activities and U.S.-China Relations
  • Xiao-huang Yin 9. U.S. Refugee Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: Balancing Humanitarian Obligations and Security Concerns
  • Maria Cristina Garcia 10. Immigration Politics, Service Labor, and the Problem of the Undocumented Worker in Southern California
  • Thomas Jessen Adams

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