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Manifest Destinies Americanizing Immigrants and Internationalizing Americans
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David W. Haines, Carol A. Mortland
Book Code: C6703
ISBN: 0-275-96703-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96703-1
184 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 10/30/2000
List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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.
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
LC Card Number: 00-029843
LCC Class: JV6342
Dewey Class: 305
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