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9780520230934

Strangers at the Gates

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520230934

  • ISBN10:

    0520230930

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-09-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

Strangers at the Gates looks at the connection between urban fates and immigrant destinies, asking about the prospects for progress in the capitals of immigrant America, and inquiring into the conditions that will hinder or aid the newest Americans in their quest to get ahead.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables
ix
Acknowledgments xv
Strangers at the Gates
1(29)
Roger Waldinger
New Immigrants in Urban America
30(50)
Roger Waldinger
Jennifer Lee
Up from Poverty? ``Race,'' Immigration, and the Fate of Low-Skilled Workers
80(37)
Roger Waldinger
A Tale of Five Cities? Trends in Immigrant and Native-Born Wages
117(42)
Mark Ellis
The Geography of Immigrant Poverty: Selective Evidence of an Immigrant Underclass
159(27)
William A. V. Clark
On the Back of Blacks? Immigrants and the Fortunes of African Americans
186(42)
Nelson Lim
The Immigrant Niche: Pervasive, Persistent, Diverse
228(44)
Roger Waldinger
Claudia Der-Martirosian
Progress, Decline, Stagnation? The New Second Generation Comes of Age
272(36)
Min Zhou
Conclusion: Immigration and the Remaking of Urban America
308(23)
Roger Waldinger
Notes on Contributors 331(2)
Index 333

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