From immigrants to Americans : the rise and fall of fitting in / Jacob L. Vigdor.
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TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009.Description: xiv, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781442201361 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1442201363 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781442201385 (electronic)
- 144220138X (electronic)
- Immigrants -- United States
- Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions
- Americanization
- Assimilation (Sociology) -- United States
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- United States -- Social conditions
- Inmigrantes -- Estados Unidos
- Estados Unidos -- Emigración e inmigración
- Americanización
- Migración e inmigración -- Estados Unidos
- 325.73
- JV 6450 V672f 2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Vigdor offers a comprehensive analysis of American immigrants, spanning the period from 1850 to today. He shows how the varying economic situations immigrants come from have always played an important role in their assimilation.
An immigrant's decision -- A historical overview of immigration to the United States -- Fitting in economically -- Fitting in linguistically -- Fitting in officially -- Fitting into the neighborhood -- Joining the family -- Conclusion.
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