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In Chinatown, Min Zhou examines how an ethnic enclave works to direct its members into American society, while at the same time shielding them from it. Focusing specifically on New York's Chinatown, a community established more than a century ago, Zhou offers a thorough and modern treatment of the i...
Min Zhou
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304
Temple University Press
156639337X
9781566393379
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The new immigration to the United States is unprecedented in its diversity of color, class, and cultural origins. Over the past few decades, the racial and ethnic composition and stratification of the American population—as well as the social meanings of race, ethnicity, and American identity—have f...
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353
University of California Press
0520230124
9780520230125
9
Whereas most of the literature on migration focuses on individuals and their families, this book studies the organizations created by immigrants to protect themselves in their receiving states. Comparing eighteen of these grassroots organizations formed across the world, from India to Colombia to ...
Hardcover
352
Berghahn Books
178238734X
9781782387343
8
The sociological study of economic activity has witnessed a significant resurgence. Recent texts have chronicled economic sociology's nineteenth-century origins while pointing to the importance of context and power in economic life, yet the field lacks a clear understanding of the role that concepts...
Alejandro Portes
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320
Princeton University Press
0691142238
9780691142234
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This third edition of the widely acclaimed classic has been thoroughly expanded and updated to reflect current demographic, economic, and political realities. Drawing on recent census data and other primary sources, Portes and Rumbaut have infused the entire text with new information and added a viv...
Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut
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460
University of California Press
0520250419
9780520250413
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With the increasing worldwide problems of migration, research into its causes and effects become ever more urgent. This volume takes stock of recent advancements that social science research in both Europe and the United States has made to understanding central aspects of international migration. ...
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464
Berghahn Books
1845455436
9781845455439
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The authors reveal how the Cuban success story has transformed the character of Miami while delineating more sharply the identity of other ethnic communities.” New York Times Book ReviewMakes a case for the importance of political capital . . . in building ethnic solidarity.”Contemporary Sociology
Alejandro Portes, Alex Stepick
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University of California Press
0520089324
9780520089327
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Whereas most of the literature on migration focuses on individuals and their families, this book studies the organizations created by immigrants to protect themselves in their receiving states. Comparing eighteen of these grassroots organizations formed across the world, from India to Colombia to ...
Paperback
352
Berghahn Books
1785334409
9781785334405
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Alejandro Portes is a prominent Cuban-American sociologist. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of WisconsinMadison in 1970. ...