America's Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity

by Bean, Frank D.; Stevens, Gillian

• ISBN13: 9780871541246
• ISBN10: 0871541246
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Summary

America's Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity provides a picture of how immigration has actually affected the United States, while refuting common misconceptions and predicting how it might affect us in the future. Frank D. Bean and Gillian Stevens show how, on the whole, immigration has been beneficial for the United States. America's Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity concludes by showing that the increased racial and ethnic diversity caused by immigration may be helping to blur the racial divide in the United States, transforming the country from a biracial to multi-ethnic and multi-racial society.

Author Biography

Jennifer Lee is assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine.

Table of Contents

About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Immigration's Nuances and Complexities	p. 1
Migration Flows, Theories, and Contexts	p. 16
Mexico and Unauthorized Migration	p. 42
Immigrant Welfare Receipt: Implications for Policy	p. 66
The New Immigrants and Theories of Incorporation	p. 94
Immigrant Economic Incorporation	p. 114
Linguistic Incorporation Among Immigrants	p. 143
The Incorporation of Immigrants: Patterns of Marriage	p. 172
The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration	p. 199
Immigration and Race-Ethnicity in the United States	p. 224
Conclusions: Diversity and Change in America	p. 250
References	p. 263
Index	p. 297
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