What's New about the "New" Immigration?: Traditions and Transformations in the United States since 1965

by Marilyn Halter, Marilynn S. Johnson, Katheryn P. Viens, Conrad Edick Wright

Overview

Historians commonly point to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act as the inception of a new chapter in the story of American immigration. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from varied disciplines to consider what is genuinely new about this period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137483867
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	12/17/2014
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Christopher Capozzola, MIT, USA Mary Odem, Emory University, USA Irene Brown, Emory University, USA Domenic Vitiello, University of Pennsylvania, USA Nancy Foner, Hunter College, USA Kristen Lucken, Brandeis University, USA Veronica McComb, Lenoir-Rhyne University, USA Caroline Brettell, Southern Methodist University, USA Xiao-huang Yin, Occidental College, USA Maria Cristina García, Cornell University, USA Thomas Jessen Adams, Tulane University, USA

Table of Contents

Introduction: Marilyn Halter and Christopher Capozzola PART I: THE CITY 1. 'The Metropolitan Diaspora: New Immigrants in Greater Boston; Marilynn S. Johnson 2. Racializing Latinos in the Nuevo South: Immigrants, Legal Status, and the State in Atlanta; Mary Odem and Irene Browne 3. The Politics of Place in Immigrant and Receiving Communities; Domenic Vitiello PART II: SELF 4. 'Intergenerational Relations in Immigrant Families: Comparisons across Time and Space; Nancy Foner 5. Bosnians in Search of Community: Keeping Faith and Ethnicity Alive in Boston; Kristen Lucken 6. The Ties that Bind: Kinship, Religion, and Community among Nigerian Immigrants in the U.S.; Veronica McComb PART III: SOCIETY 7. 'Engaging the Public Sphere: The Civic and Political Incorporation of Post-1965 Indian Immigrants; Caroline Brettell 8. Chinese American Participation in Transnational Activities and U.S.-China Relations; Xiao-huang Yin 9. U.S. Refugee Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: Balancing Humanitarian Obligations and Security Concerns; Maria Cristina García 10. Immigration Politics, Service Labor, and the Problem of the Undocumented Worker in Southern California; Thomas Jessen Adams

Editorial Reviews

"A rich, insightful, cross-disciplinary examination of one of the most significant periods in U.S. immigration history - our own. The collection offers a cohesive yet remarkably varied treatment of the challenges faced and the lives carved out by 'new' immigrants, and of the mark that recent immigration has made, from Boston to Atlanta to Southern California. A truly excellent anthology." - Matthew Frye Jacobson, William Robertson Coe Professor of American Studies & History and Professor of African American Studies, Yale University, USA

"This volume pivots on the juxtaposition of recent and earlier eras of mass immigration, yielding useful comparisons between policies, groups, and collective identity that will greatly interest scholars who explore the historical dimensions of international migration in the United States." - Reed Ueda, Professor of History, Tufts University, USA

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