Immigrant America

by Portes, Alejandro; Rumbaut, Ruben G.

• ISBN13: 9780520070387
• ISBN10: 0520070380
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Six years has past since the manuscript for the first edition of Immigrant America was complete. In that brief span, the world changed--and so did immigrant America.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Who They Are and Why They Come

The Origins of Immigration

Immigrants and Their Types Overview

Moving: Patterns of Immigrant Settlement and Spatial Mobility The Pioneers Following in the Footsteps

Contemporary Settlement Patterns: A Map of Immigrant

America Preferred Places

Persistent Ethnicity Conclusion: The Pros and Cons of Spatial Concentration

Making It in America: Occupational and Economic Adaptation mmigrants in the American Economy Explaining the Differences: Modes of IncorporationContexts of Reception

From Immigrants to Ethnics: Identity, Citizenship, and Political Participation Immigrant Politics at the Turn of the Century Immigrant Politics Today

The Future of Immigrant Politics Conclusion

A Foreign World: Immigration, Mental Health, and Acculturation Marginality and Freedom Early Psychopathology: The Eugenics Approach to Mental Illness From Nationality to Class and Context: The Changed Etiology of Mental Illness

Immigrants and Refugees: Contemporary Trends Contexts of Incorporation: Mental Health and Help Seeking Acculturation and Its Consequences

Conclusion: The Major Determinants of Immigrant Psychology

Learning the Ropes: Language and the Second Generation Patterns of English Language Acquisition in the United States Language Diversity and Resilience in the United States Today Assimilation and Linguistic Pluralism in America

Conclusion

Conclusion: The Undocumented, Immigration Policy, and the Future

Determinants of Unauthorized Immigration: The Push-Pull ModelL An Alternative Approach (I): The Macrostructures of Labor Migration An Alternative Approach (II): The Microstructures of Labor Migration Determinants of Unauthorized Immigration: A Summary Immigration Types and the Law Conclusion

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