Immigrant America: A Portrait

Immigrant America: A Portrait

This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of <i>Immigrant America: A Portrait</i> provides readers with a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume.<br /><br />Updated with the latest available data, <i>Immigrant America</i> explores the economic, political, spatial, and linguistic aspects of immigration; the role of religion in the acculturation and social integration of foreign minorities; and the adaptation process for the second generation. This revised edition includes new chapters on theories of migration and on the history of U.S.-bound migration from the late nineteenth century to the present, offering an updated and expanded concluding chapter on immigration and public policy.