04515cam a22005054a 4500 110607 20230410121136.0 060308s2006 caua b s001 0 eng 14291777 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default lcc bk 2006006955 GBA666470 bnb 013522326 Uk 0520242831 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520250419 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520242838 9780520250413 (OCoLC)ocm64594272 DLC DLC BAKER UKM C#P YDXCP COO OCLCQ CRH PUL DLC pcc n-us--- JV 6450 P849i 2006 304.8/73 Portes, Alejandro, 1944- Immigrant America : a portrait / Alejandro Portes and Rubâen G. Rumbaut. 3rd ed., rev., expanded, and updated. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006. xxxv, 460 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-445) and index. 1. Nine stories -- 2. Who they are and why they come -- The origins of immigration -- Immigrants and their types -- Overview -- 3. Moving : patterns of immigrant settlement and spatial mobility -- The pioneers -- Following in the footsteps -- Contemporary settlement patterns : a map of immigrant America -- Locational decisions of immigrant groups -- Preferred places -- Persistent ethnicity -- Conclusion : the pros and cons of spatial concentration -- 4. Making it in America : occupational and economic adaptation -- Immigrants in the American economy -- Explaining the differences : modes of incorporation -- Conclusion -- 5. From immigrants to ethnics : identity, citizenship, and political participation -- In the society and not of it -- Immigrant politics at the turn of the century -- Immigrant politics today -- Making it count : citizenship acquisition -- The future of immigrant politics -- Variations within a theme -- Conclusion -- 6. A foreign world : immigration, mental health, and acculturation -- Travel and travail -- Marginality and freedom -- Early psychopathology : the eugenics approach to mental illness -- From nationality to class and context : the changed etiology of mental illness -- Immigrants and refugees : contemporary trends -- Contexts of incorporation : mental health and help seeking -- Acculturation and its discontents -- Immigration and incarceration -- Acculturation and perceptions of discrimination -- Conclusion : the major determinants of immigrant psychology -- 7. Learning the ropes : language and education -- Patterns of English language acquisition in the United States -- Language diversity and resilience in the United States today -- Assimilation and linguistic pluralism in the United States -- Conclusion -- 8. Growing up American : the new second generation -- The new second generation at a glance -- Parental human capital and modes of incorporation -- The children of immigrants longitudinal study -- Where they grow up : challenges to second-generation adaptation -- Confronting the challenge -- Segmented assimilation in early adulthood -- Conclusion -- 9. Religion : the enduring presence -- Yesterday and today -- Religion and modes of incorporation -- Religious diversity and change -- Religion and transnationalism -- Religion and the second generation -- Religion : linear and reactive -- The Mexican experience -- Islam -- Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion : immigration and public policy -- A game of mirrors : the public perception of immigration -- The reality underneath : the political economy of immigration -- The clash of ideology and reality -- Better policies for a better future -- Conclusion. Immigrants United States History. United States Emigration and immigration History. Americanization History. Inmigrantes Historia Estados Unidos. Americanización Historia. Estados Unidos Emigración e inmigración Historia. Rumbaut, Rubén G. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip069/2006006955.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0642/2006006955-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0735/2006006955-b.html 58785 58785 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 JV 6450 P849i 2006 00000104383 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk