RaceandImmigration
- 作者
- 出版社 Polity
- 出版时间 2013年11月
- ISBN 9780745647920
- 定价 189.30
内容简介
ImmigrationhaslongshapedUSsocietyinfundamentalways.WithLatinosrecentlysurpassingAfricanAmericansasthelargestminoritygroupintheUS,attentionhasbeenfocusedontheimportantimplicationsofimmigrationforthecharacterandroleofraceinUSlife,includingpatternsofracialinequalityandracialidentity.ThisinsightfulnewbookoffersafreshperspectiveonimmigrationanditspartinshapingtheraciallandscapeoftheUStoday.Movingawayfromone–dimensionalviewsofthisrelationship,itemphasizesthedynamicandmutuallyformativeinteractionsofraceandimmigration.Drawingonawiderangeofstudies,itexploreskeyaspectsoftheimmigrantexperience,suchasthehistoryofimmigrationlaws,theformationofimmigrantoccupationalniches,anddevelopmentsofimmigrantidentityandcommunity.Specifictopicscoveredinclude:theperceivedcrisisofunauthorizedimmigration;thegrowthofanimmigrantrightsmovement;theroleofimmigrantlaborintheeldercareindustry;theracialstrategiesofprofessionalimmigrants;andtheformationofpan–ethnicLatinoidentities.Writteninanengagingandaccessiblestyle,thisbookwillbeinvaluableforadvancedundergraduateandbeginninggraduate–levelcoursesinthesociologyofimmigration,raceandethnicity.
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