Migration Past, Migration Future

by Bade, Klaus J.

• ISBN13: 9781571814074
• ISBN10: 1571814078
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-01
• Publisher: Berghahn Books

Summary

The United States is an immigrant country. Germany is not. This volume shatters this widely held myth and reveals the remarkable similarities (as well as the differences) between the two countries. Essays by leading German and American historians and demographers describe how these two countries have become to have the largest number of immigrants among advanced industrial countries, how their conceptions of citizenship and nationality differ, and how their ethnic compositions are likely to be transformed in the next century as a consequence ofmigration, fertility trends, citizenship and naturalization laws, and public attitudes.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
From Emigration to Immigration the German Experience in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	p. 1
An Immigration Country of Assimilative Pluralism Immigrant Reception and Absorption in American History	p. 39
Changing Patterns of Immigration to Germany, 1945-1995 Ethnic Origins, Demographic Structure, Future Prospects	p. 65
The Changing Demography of U.S. Immigration Flows Patterns, Projections, and Contexts Thanks Are Expressed to Jennifer Van Hook, Molly Martin, and Karen Wilkin- Son for Research and Other Assistance. the Support of the Hewlett Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Tom S Rivera Center Is Gratefully Acknowledged	p. 121
Notes on Contributors	p. 153
Index	p. 156
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