Immigration reconsidered : history, sociology, and politics / edited by Virginia Yans-McLaughlin.

Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, ©1990.
Descriptionviii, 342 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorYans-McLaughlin, Virginia, 1943-
Other author/creatorStatue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.
Other author/creatorAlfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Other author/creatorNew York Council for the Humanities.
Contents Migration in the tropical world / Philip D. Curtin -- European and Asian immigration into the United States in comparative perspective, 1820s to 1920s / Sucheng Chan -- Transplanted networks / Charles Tilly -- Class, culture, and immigrant group identity in the United States : the case of Irish-American ethnicity / Kerby A. Miller -- Work and family : Blacks and immigrants from south and east Europe / Suzanne W. Model -- From south of the border : Hispanic minorities in the United States / Alejandro Portes -- The sociology and historiography of immigration / Ewa Morawska -- Cross-cultural comparison and the writing of migration history : some thoughts on how to study Italians in the new world / Samuel L. Baily -- Metaphors of self in history : subjectivity, oral narrative, and immigration studies / Virginia Yans-McLaughlin.
Contents The reactions of Black Americans to immigration / Lawrence H. Fuchs -- Reforming the back door : the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 in historical perspective / Artistide R. Zolberg.
Local noteLittle-284802
General note"This book of essays grew out of a conference ... sponsored by the Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the New York Council for the Humanities ... which was held at the New York Public Library on October 24-25, 1986"--Acknowledgments.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 89022923
ISBN0195055101 (alk. paper)
ISBN019505511X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JV6450.I57 1990 ✔ Available Place Hold