New American Destinies (eBook, PDF)

A Reader in Contemporary Asian and Latino Immigration
Redaktion: Hamamoto, Darrell; Torres, Rodolfo D.

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Produktbeschreibung

The essays gathered here discuss theoretical and policy issues and themes such as the political and economic context of migration, job competition, labor organizing, changing ethnic and "race" relations, immigrant women in the economy and contemporary immigration politics and contribute to our understanding of the historical and contemporary dimensions of Asian and Latino migration in a changing global economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136050541
• Artikelnr.: 38265079

Autorenporträt

Darrell Y. Hamamoto is Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis. Rodolfo D. Torres is Professor of Comparative Latino Studies and Public Policy at California State University, Long Beach.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
General Introduction
Part 1: Immigration and Migration: A Conceptual Map
Introduction
1. Origins and Destinies: Immigration to the United States Since World War II
2. Theoretical Approaches to Mexican Wage Labor Migration
3. United States Policy Towards Asian Immigrants: Contemporary Developments in Historical Perspective
4. Central American Migration: A Framework for Analysis
Part 2: Immigrants In A Changing Economy
Introduction
5. Gender, Class, Family, and Migration: Puerto Rican Women in Chicago
6. Cubans and the Changing Economy of Miami
7. Scientists and Engineers
7. Chinese Staff and Workers' Association: A Model for Organizing in the Changing Economy? Part 3: Borders and Beyond: Racialized Relations, Ethnicity, and Social Identity Introduction
9. Panethnicity in the United States: A Theoretical Framework
10. Divided Fates: Immigrant Children in a Restructured U.S. Economy
11. Social Identities--A Framework for Studying the Adaptation of Immigrants and Ethnics
12. Racialized Boundaries, Class Relations, and Cultural Politics Part 4: Politics, Policy,and Community
13. Compatriots or Competitors? Job Competition Between Foreign- and U.S. Born Angelenos
14. Immigration Policy
15. Proposition 187 in California
16. Recrafting the Common Good
Selected Bibliography on Asian and Latino Immigration
Contributors