Immigrant America - A Portrait (Paperback, 4th Revised edition)

This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of "Immigrant America: A Portrait" provides readers with a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume.
Updated with the latest available data, "Immigrant America" explores the economic, political, spatial, and linguistic aspects of immigration; the role of religion in the acculturation and social integration of foreign minorities; and the adaptation process for the second generation. This revised edition includes new chapters on theories of migration and on the history of U.S.-bound migration from the late nineteenth century to the present, offering an updated and expanded concluding chapter on immigration and public policy.