The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965 (Harvard University Press Reference Library) - Hardcover

Waters, Mary C.; Ueda, Reed; Marrow, Helen B; Marrow, Helen B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674023579 ISBN 13: 9780674023574

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Salsa has replaced ketchup as the most popular condiment. A mosque has been erected around the corner. The local hospital is staffed by Indian doctors and Philippine nurses, and the local grocery store is owned by a Korean family. A single elementary school may include students who speak dozens of different languages at home. This is a snapshot of America at the turn of the 21st Century. The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, shaped by successive waves of new arrivals. The most recent transformation began when immigration laws and policies changed significantly in 1965, admitting migrants from around the globe in new numbers and with widely varying backgrounds and aspirations. This comprehensive guide, edited and written by an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars, provides an authoritative account of the most recent surge of immigrants. Twenty thematic essays address such topics as immigration law and policy, refugees, unauthorised migrants, racial and ethnic identity, assimilation, nationalization, economy, politics, religion, education and family relations. These are followed by comprehensive articles on immigration from the 30 most significant nations or regions of origin. Based on the latest U.S. Census data and the most recent scholarly research, The New Americans is an essential reference for students, scholars, and anyone curious about the changing face of America.

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Review:

The book is a useful primer; at once a wealth of information and a telling snapshot of current academic opinion on that all-important topic, assimilation.--Tamar Jacoby"New York Post" (07/08/2007)

An exhaustive new work by more than two dozen American scholars...It's a careful, learned work aimed at educating us all as to who Americans really are these days...For those reporting on, working with or leading this increasingly diverse nation, The New Americans will serve as a thorough primer to the nuances, challenges and opportunities at hand.--Robert Behre "Charleston Post and Courier "

There is not a weak or disappointing essay in the book...Waters and Ueda have succeeded in their goal of updating The Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. My copy of The New Americans now sits next to that venerable old guide, as it should for any scholar of the American immigrant experience.-- (02/01/2008)

About the Author:

Mary C. Waters is Professor of Sociology, Harvard University, and the author of Black Identities (Harvard). Reed Ueda is Professor of History, Tufts University, and author of Postwar Immigrant America. Helen B. Marrow is a degree candidate in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Harvard University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0674023579
• ISBN 13: 9780674023574
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 736