{"product_id":"immigrant-america-a-portrait-hardcover","title":"Immigrant America: A Portrait - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlejandro Portes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRubén G. Rumbaut\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revised and updated fifth edition of \u003ci\u003eImmigrant America: A Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States, including its history, the principal theories seeking to account for its diverse origins, the main types of immigrants, and the various forms of immigrants' incorporation within American society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the latest available data, \u003ci\u003eImmigrant America\u003c\/i\u003e further explores the economic, political, regional, linguistic, and religious aspects of immigration. It offers detailed analyses of the adaptation process experienced by adult children of immigrants and adds an updated and expanded concluding chapter on changing immigration policy regimes both past and present. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for previous editions of\u003ci\u003e IMMIGRANT AMERICA: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This text remains one of the definitive texts on US immigration and illustrates the paradox of America's immigration story, one that is on the surface as inclusive and welcoming . . . but also one that hides a deeper contradiction and truth about how immigration to the United States has effectively--and unequally--been received in some communities. That story is one that the authors refuse to shy away from.\"--\u003ci\u003eInternational Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The authors have written a comprehensive and coherent synthesis of researchers' best answers to the most common questions asked about contemporary immigration and the extent to which the current immigrant experiences are an echo of history. The new edition of \u003ci\u003eImmigrant America\u003c\/i\u003e puts to rest lingering myths about immigrant assimilation, identity, politics, educational aspiration, and much more. Students are carefully guided toward the most judicious use of competing theories, which can lead to a deeper understanding of each of these different issues.\"--Lourdes Gouveia, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Latino\/Latin American Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In engagingly written prose, and supported with innovative theoretical analysis and comprehensive data, \u003ci\u003eImmigrant America\u003c\/i\u003e explains how political economy, history, and legislation shape diverse outcomes for immigrant mobility, politics, education, language use, and religion. Updated with recent data and fortified with a new theoretical overview, this book is the indispensable text for students, scholars, and anyone wishing to go beyond facile popular perceptions of immigration. \u003ci\u003eImmigrant America\u003c\/i\u003e remains a foundation for reasoned debate and future research.\"--Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, author of \u003ci\u003eParadise Transplanted: Migration and the Making of California Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlejandro Portes\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Princeton University and Research Professor of Law and Distinguished Scholar of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami. \u003cb\u003eRubén G. Rumbaut\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine, and founding chair of the American Sociological Association's International Migration Section. They are the coauthors of \u003ci\u003eLegacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditors of \u003ci\u003eEthnicities: Children of Immigrants in America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 520\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47519479922909,"sku":"9780520396289","price":165.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/1D3Jwo8Lo99780520396289.webp?v=1772228225","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/immigrant-america-a-portrait-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}