Overview

At the turn of the century, America is both retrenching and expanding, becoming more restrictive and more expansive, more utilitarian and, more value- and religion-oriented. As was true a century ago, the flow of these changes is very much a story of immigrants, their lives in America, and the changing lives of those they join. This book examines the interaction of immigrants and the native-born in nine widely varying locales, including Richmond, VA, St. Louis, West Palm Beach, FL, Tacoma, WA, Garden City, KS, Dallas, Phoenix, San Francisco, and New York City. The volume considers a broad range of immigrants from well-educated and economically successful Chinese and Indians, to legally recognized refugees, who often have more difficulty accommodating to U.S. society, to illegal immigrants, who are being Americanized to a shadow world of limited opportunity and limited protection. Through insight into the interactions between immigrants and native-born at the local level, the authors collectively sketch an America that is changing but also re-creating its past.

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Author:   David W. Haines ,  Carol Mortland
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9780275967031

ISBN 10:   0275967034
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   30 October 2000
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction by Carol A. Mortland St. Louis, Missouri: Social Convergence and Cultural Diversity among Immigrants and Refugees by Ann M. Rynearson Dallas, Texas: Enclave and Suburb: Patterns and Reactions in Refugee-Host Interactions by Lance A. Rasbridge Garden City, Kansas: Vietnamese Refugees, Mexican Immigrants, and the Changing Character of a Community by Janet E. Benson West Palm Beach, Florida and Phoenix, Arizona: A Continuum of Response to the Mayan Presence by Nancy J. Wellmeier Tacoma, Washington: Cambodian Adaptation and Community Response by Carol A. Mortland Richmond, Virginia: Refugee Resettlement and Community Reaffirmation by David W. Haines, Marilyn Breslow, Dirk Philipsen, and Jan Williamson San Francisco, California: From Enclave Small Business to High-Tech Industries: The Chinese in the San Francisco Bay Area by Bernard P. Wong New York City: Economic Integration and Community Construction among Asian Indians by Johanna M. Lessinger Afterword: Manifest Destinies by David W. Haines Index

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DAVID W. HAINES is Associate Professor of Anthropology at George Mason University. He is the editor of Refugees as Immigrants: Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese in America (1989), Refugees in America in the 1990s (Greenwood, 1996), and co-editor of Illegal Immigration in America (Greenwood, 1999). CAROL A. MORTLAND is Director of Museum Services at an interpretive center and museum in north central Oregon. She has conducted research on Southeast Asian refugees, particularly Cambodians, since 1981. She is co-editor of Cambodian Culture Since 1975: Homeland and Exile (1994) and editor of Diasporic Identity (1998).

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