Immigrant America : a portrait

Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 12
Preface to the Third Edition......Page 16
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 20
Preface to the First Edition......Page 24
Acknowledgments for the Third Edition......Page 28
Acknowledgments for the Second Edition......Page 32
Acknowledgments for the First Edition......Page 34
1 Nine Stories......Page 38
2 Who They Are and Why They Come......Page 49
The Origins of Immigration......Page 51
Immigrants and Their Types......Page 56
Overview......Page 71
3 Moving: Patterns of Immigrant Settlement and Spatial Mobility......Page 74
The Pioneers......Page 75
Following in the Footsteps......Page 77
Contemporary Settlement Patterns: A Map of Immigrant America......Page 80
Locational Decisions of Immigrant Groups......Page 86
Preferred Places......Page 92
Persistent Ethnicity......Page 97
Conclusion: The Pros and Cons of Spatial Concentration......Page 100
4 Making It in America: Occupational and Economic Adaptation......Page 104
Immigrants in the American Economy......Page 105
Explaining the Differences: Modes of Incorporation......Page 128
Conclusion......Page 138
In the Society and Not of It......Page 154
Immigrant Politics at the Turn of theCentury......Page 158
Immigrant Politics Today......Page 167
Making It Count: Citizenship Acquisition......Page 177
The Future of Immigrant Politics......Page 184
Variations within a Theme......Page 199
Conclusion......Page 202
Travel and Travail......Page 205
Marginality and Freedom......Page 207
Early Psychopathology: The Eugenics Approach to Mental Illness......Page 209
From Nationality to Class and Context: The Changed Etiology of Mental Illness......Page 212
Immigrants and Refugees: Contemporary Trends......Page 215
Contexts of Incorporation: Mental Health and Help Seeking......Page 222
Acculturation and Perceptions of Discrimination......Page 225
Immigration and Incarceration......Page 231
Conclusion: The Major Determinants of Immigrant Psychology......Page 238
7 Learning the Ropes: Language and Education......Page 242
Patterns of English Language Acquisition in the United States......Page 244
Language Diversity and Resilience in the United States Today......Page 255
Assimilation and Linguistic Pluralism in the United States......Page 269
Conclusion......Page 278
8 Growing Up American: The New Second Generation......Page 281
The New Second Generation at a Glance......Page 282
Parental Human Capital and Modes of Incorporation......Page 285
The Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study......Page 288
Where They Grow Up: Challenges to Second-Generation Adaptation......Page 292
Confronting the Challenge......Page 301
Segmented Assimilation in Early Adulthood......Page 308
Conclusion......Page 317
9 Religion: The Enduring Presence......Page 336
Yesterday and Today......Page 337
Religion and Modes of Incorporation......Page 339
Religious Diversity and Change......Page 343
Religion and Transnationalism......Page 348
Religion and the Second Generation......Page 352
Religion: Linear and Reactive......Page 362
The Mexican Experience......Page 368
Islam......Page 372
Conclusion......Page 376
10 Conclusion: Immigration and Public Policy......Page 380
A Game of Mirrors: The Public Perception of Immigration......Page 383
The Reality Underneath: The Political Economy of Immigration......Page 388
The Clash of Ideology and Reality......Page 395
Better Policies for a Better Future......Page 400
Conclusion......Page 408
Notes......Page 410
References......Page 438
Index......Page 484