Race and Immigration
Nazli Kibria
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Description for Race and Immigration
Paperback. Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity. This insightful new book offers a fresh perspective on immigration and its part in shaping the racial landscape of the US today. Moving away from one-dimensional views of this relationship, it emphasizes the dynamic and mutually formative interactions of race and ... Read more
Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity. This insightful new book offers a fresh perspective on immigration and its part in shaping the racial landscape of the US today. Moving away from one-dimensional views of this relationship, it emphasizes the dynamic and mutually formative interactions of race and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Immigration and Society
Condition
New
Weight
295g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745647920
SKU
V9780745647920
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-39
About Nazli Kibria
NAZLI KIBRIA is Professor of Sociology at Boston University. CARA BOWMAN is a doctoral student at Boston University. MEGAN O'LEARY is a doctoral student at Boston University.
Reviews for Race and Immigration
Race and Immigration tackles two of the most important issues facing American society and demonstrates how we cannot understand one without the other. In an insightful and clear examination of immigration laws, the occupations of immigrants, and the development of identities among newcomers and their children, the authors show how race shapes the fortunes of the newest Americans and how ... Read more