The New Americans

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

• ISBN13: 9780674023574
• ISBN10: 0674023579
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-30
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

Summary

Listen to a short interview with Mary Waters Host: Chris Gondek Producer: Heron & CraneSalsa 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 twenty-first 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, unauthorized migrants, racial and ethnic identity, assimilation, nationalization, economy, politics, religion, education, and family relations. These are followed by comprehensive articles on immigration from the thirty 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(13)
Mary C. Waters
Reed Ueda
Immigration in Global Historical Perspective	14	(15)
Reed Ueda
Immigration Control Policy: Law and Implementation	29	(14)
Aristide R. Zolberg
Citizenship and Nationality Policy	43	(13)
Peter H. Schuck
Refugees	56	(14)
David W. Haines
Unauthorized Migration	70	(13)
Frank D. Bean
B. Lindsay Lowell
Settlement Patterns in Metropolitan America	83	(15)
John R. Logan
Ethnic and Racial Identity	98	(12)
Herbert J. Gans
Intermarriage and Multiple Identities	110	(14)
Joel Perlmann
Mary C. Waters
Assimilation	124	(13)
Richard Alba
Victor Nee
Transforming Foreigners into Americans	137	(12)
Roger Waldinger
Transnationalism	149	(15)
Ewa Morawska
Pluralism and Group Relations	164	(12)
Jennifer L. Hochschild
Immigrants and the Economy	176	(13)
Neeraj Kaushal
Cordelia W. Reimers
David M. Reimers
Ethnic Politics	189	(13)
Michael Jones-Correa
Ethnic Media	202	(12)
K. Viswanath
Karen Ka-man Lee
Religion	214	(14)
Diana L. Eck
Language	228	(15)
David Lopez
Vanesa Estrada
Education	243	(15)
Carola Suarez-Orozco
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco
Gender and Family	258	(12)
Patricia R. Pessar
The Second Generation	270	(13)
Nancy Foner
Philip Kasinitz
Africa: West	283	(12)
Marilyn Halter
Africa: East	295	(12)
Abdi Kusow
Africa: South Africa and Zimbabwe	307	(12)
Helen B. Marrow
Canada	319	(9)
Donna R. Gabaccia
Central America	328	(12)
Norma Stoltz Chinchilla
Nora Hamilton
China: People's Republic of China	340	(15)
Xiao-huang Yin
China: Outside the People's Republic of China	355	(16)
Jennifer Holdaway
Colombia	371	(15)
Luis Eduardo Guarnizo
Marilyn Espitia
Cuba	386	(13)
Lisandro Perez
Dominican Republic	399	(13)
Peggy Levitt
El Salvador	412	(9)
Cecilia Menjivar
Europe: Western	421	(12)
Donna R. Gabaccia
Europe: Central and Southeastern	433	(12)
Simone Ispa-Landa
Haiti	445	(13)
Lisa Konczal
Alex Stepick
India	458	(11)
Karen Isaksen Leonard
Iran	469	(10)
Mehdi Bozorgmehr
Jamaica	479	(12)
Milton Vickerman
Korea	491	(13)
Pyong Gap Min
Mexico	504	(14)
Albert M. Camarillo
Middle East and North Africa	518	(16)
Steven J. Gold
Mehdi Bozorgmehr
Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa	534	(9)
Cathy A. Small
Pacific: Japan, Australia, New Zealand	543	(13)
Nana Oishi
Philippines	556	(14)
Catherine Ceniza Choy
Poland	570	(9)
Mary Patrice Erdmans
Russia	579	(14)
Steven J. Gold
South America	593	(19)
Helen B. Marrow
South Asia	612	(12)
Nazli Kibria
Southeast Asia	624	(17)
Carl L. Bankston III
Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo
United Kingdom	641	(11)
Wendy D. Roth
Vietnam	652	(22)
Ruben G. Rumbaut
West Indies	674	(13)
Calvin B. Holder
Appendix: Immigration and Naturalization Legislation	687	(14)
Acknowledgments	701	(2)
Contributors	703	(6)
Index	709