A nation of nations: a great American immigration story
"The dramatic and compelling story of the transformation of America during the last fifty years, told through a handful of families in one suburban county in Virginia that has been utterly changed by recent immigration. In the fifty years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the fore...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The dramatic and compelling story of the transformation of America during the last fifty years, told through a handful of families in one suburban county in Virginia that has been utterly changed by recent immigration. In the fifty years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the foreign-born population of the United States has tripled. Significantly, these immigrants are not coming from Europe, as was the case before 1965, but from all corners of the globe. Today non-European immigration is ninety percent of the total immigration to the US. Americans today are vastly more diverse than ever. They look different, speak different languages, practice different religions, eat different foods, and enjoy different cultures. In 1950, Fairfax County, Virginia, was ninety percent white, ten percent African-American, with a little more than one hundred families who were 'other.' Currently the African-American percentage of the population is about the same, but the Anglo white population is less than fifty percent, and there are families of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American origin living all over the county. A Nation of Nations follows the lives of a few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually 'Americanize.' Hailing from Korea, Bolivia, and Libya, these families have stories that illustrate common immigrant themes: friction between minorities, economic competition and entrepreneurship, and racial and cultural stereotyping. It's been half a century since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act changed the landscape of America, and no book has assessed the impact or importance of this law as this one does, with its brilliant combination of personal stories and larger demographic and political issues"... |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-385) and index |
| Beschreibung: | x, 405 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781476743851 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
PROLOGUE
PART I
1. TWO FAMILIES FROM KOREA
2. A FAMILY FROM BOLIVIA
3. OUT OF KOREA
4. BOLIVIA TO AMERICA
5. A FAMILY FROM LIBYA
6. CROSSROADS
7. A LIBYAN BOY IN AMERICA
PART II
8. GOOD IMMIGRANTS, BAD IMMIGRANTS
9. JFK
10. THE 1965 REFORM
PART III
11. TURNING POINT
12. MINORITIES
13. DIVERSITY
14. MUSLIM AMERICANS
15. INTEGRATION
16. INITIATIVE
PART IV
17. BACKLASH
18 AFTER 9-11
19. SECOND GENERATION
20. POLITICS
21. AMERICANIZATION
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
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| spelling | Gjelten, Tom 1948- Verfasser (DE-588)138067643 aut A nation of nations a great American immigration story Tom Gjelten First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney ; New Delhi Simon & Schuster 2015 x, 405 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-385) and index "The dramatic and compelling story of the transformation of America during the last fifty years, told through a handful of families in one suburban county in Virginia that has been utterly changed by recent immigration. In the fifty years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the foreign-born population of the United States has tripled. Significantly, these immigrants are not coming from Europe, as was the case before 1965, but from all corners of the globe. Today non-European immigration is ninety percent of the total immigration to the US. Americans today are vastly more diverse than ever. They look different, speak different languages, practice different religions, eat different foods, and enjoy different cultures. In 1950, Fairfax County, Virginia, was ninety percent white, ten percent African-American, with a little more than one hundred families who were 'other.' Currently the African-American percentage of the population is about the same, but the Anglo white population is less than fifty percent, and there are families of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American origin living all over the county. A Nation of Nations follows the lives of a few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually 'Americanize.' Hailing from Korea, Bolivia, and Libya, these families have stories that illustrate common immigrant themes: friction between minorities, economic competition and entrepreneurship, and racial and cultural stereotyping. It's been half a century since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act changed the landscape of America, and no book has assessed the impact or importance of this law as this one does, with its brilliant combination of personal stories and larger demographic and political issues"... United States Geschichte 1965-2015 gnd rswk-swf HISTORY / United States / 20th Century bisacsh HISTORY / United States / General bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration bisacsh Einwanderer Entwicklungsländer Migration Minderheit Minorities Virginia Fairfax County Social conditions Immigrants Virginia Fairfax County Social conditions Immigrants Virginia Fairfax County Biography Social change Virginia Fairfax County Fairfax County (Va.) Ethnic relations Fairfax County (Va.) Biography HISTORY / United States / 20th Century HISTORY / United States / General SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration Einwanderung (DE-588)4013960-8 gnd rswk-swf Demographie (DE-588)4011412-0 gnd rswk-swf Ethnische Beziehungen (DE-588)4176973-9 gnd rswk-swf Sozialer Wandel (DE-588)4077587-2 gnd rswk-swf USA Fairfax County (Va.) Emigration and immigration Developing countries Emigration and immigration United States Emigration and immigration USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf Fairfax County, Va. (DE-588)4486667-7 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Einwanderung (DE-588)4013960-8 s Geschichte 1965-2015 z DE-604 Fairfax County, Va. (DE-588)4486667-7 g Ethnische Beziehungen (DE-588)4176973-9 s Demographie (DE-588)4011412-0 s Sozialer Wandel (DE-588)4077587-2 s LoC Fremddatenuebernahme application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=028474765&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title_auth | A nation of nations a great American immigration story |
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| title_full | A nation of nations a great American immigration story Tom Gjelten |
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| title_short | A nation of nations |
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| topic | United States HISTORY / United States / 20th Century bisacsh HISTORY / United States / General bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration bisacsh Einwanderer Entwicklungsländer Migration Minderheit Minorities Virginia Fairfax County Social conditions Immigrants Virginia Fairfax County Social conditions Immigrants Virginia Fairfax County Biography Social change Virginia Fairfax County Fairfax County (Va.) Ethnic relations Fairfax County (Va.) Biography HISTORY / United States / 20th Century HISTORY / United States / General SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration Einwanderung (DE-588)4013960-8 gnd Demographie (DE-588)4011412-0 gnd Ethnische Beziehungen (DE-588)4176973-9 gnd Sozialer Wandel (DE-588)4077587-2 gnd |
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