Immigration Structures and Immigrant Lives

An Introduction to the US Experience

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

Av David W. Haines

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Immigration Structures and Immigrant Lives provides a concise, comprehensive, interdisciplinary introduction to United States immigration and immigrants. The book is presented in two parts. Part I addresses the history, structure, dynamics, and politics of United States immigration from colonial times to the present. Part II focuses on the lives of immigrants with separate chapters examining the immigrant struggle simply to live, the challenges and opportunities of work in America, the different beliefs and commitments that fortify immigrants in their new lives, and the many different ways in which immigrants come to belong in the United States. The introduction and epilogue bracket the United States experience within a broader consideration of human mobility and current global migration trends and issues. Tables, case examples, and a timeline help illuminate both the general shape of immigration and the details of immigrant life.This text is accompanied by an ancillary package of digital tables and illustrations in order to enhance the learning experience of both the instructors and students.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-10-20
Mått151 x 228 x 16 mm
Vikt322 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor216
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781442260108

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David Haines is Professor Emeritus at George Mason University. His academic work includes several edited volumes on immigrants and refugees in the United States, and numerous articles on migration, governance, and kinship. Recent books include: Safe Haven? A History of Refugees in America; Wind over Water: Migration in an East Asian Context (co-edited with Keiko Yamanaka and Shinji Yamashita); and the 2nd edition of An Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology. He has been teaching courses on immigrants and refugees for nearly two decades and is a recipient of his university’s teaching excellence award. He is also a former president of the Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology (SUNTA) and current Co-President of the Association for the Anthropology of Policy (ASAP).

Preface Introduction: Humanity on the Move Human Mobility Movement and Migration, Barriers and Borders Organization of the Book A Note on Tables Part I The United States and ImmigrationChapter 1: A World of Migrants, a Nation of Immigrants Chapter 2: The Reopening of the United States: Refugees and Immigrants Chapter 3: Migration Politics and Policies Part II Immigrants and the United StatesChapter 4: To Live: Moving Forward but Looking BackChapter 5: To Work: Great Opportunities but Heavy Costs Chapter 6: To Believe: Hopes, Dreams, and Commitments Chapter 7: To Belong: Assimilation, Adaptation, and Accommodation Epilogue: Beyond Immigration Timeline: US Immigration Contexts, Events, and Legislation Notes Further Sources

In an era when immigration in the United States is hotly debated, Haines has provided us with a provocative, theoretically informed, conceptually rigorous, and ethnographically rich overview of US immigration from past to present. His approach, which situates US immigration within a broader framework of human mobility, is multidimensional, cross-disciplinary, and comparative. The clarity of his writing makes this an excellent volume for classroom use as well as for the general reader who, in particular, may find the chapter focused on migration politics and policies especially illuminating