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American Dreaming, Global Realities: Rethinking U.S. Immigration History

Donna R. Gabaccia

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An introduction to the best from the new directions in U.S. immigration history

Representing a selection of the finest new research on immigration, American Dreaming, Global Realities explores the ways in which immigrant lives and those of their children are shaped by transnational bonds, globalization, family ties, and personal choice, and the ways in which they engender a sense of belonging and a sense of themselves as “Americans.”

American Dreaming, Global Realities considers a plurality of very specific historical, economic, regional, familial, and cultural contexts. This history reveals resistance and accommodation, both persistent older traditions and Americanization, plus the creation of new cultural forms blending old and new. The twenty-two interdisciplinary essays included in this collection explore the intricate overlapping of race, class, and gender on ethnic identity and on American citizenship.

Language: English

Pages: 576

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Release: October 05, 2006

ISBN: 0252073053

ISBN 13: 9780252073052

American Dreaming, Global Realities: Rethinking U.S. Immigration History

Donna R. Gabaccia

3.8/5 ( ratings)

An introduction to the best from the new directions in U.S. immigration history

Representing a selection of the finest new research on immigration, American Dreaming, Global Realities explores the ways in which immigrant lives and those of their children are shaped by transnational bonds, globalization, family ties, and personal choice, and the ways in which they engender a sense of belonging and a sense of themselves as “Americans.”

American Dreaming, Global Realities considers a plurality of very specific historical, economic, regional, familial, and cultural contexts. This history reveals resistance and accommodation, both persistent older traditions and Americanization, plus the creation of new cultural forms blending old and new. The twenty-two interdisciplinary essays included in this collection explore the intricate overlapping of race, class, and gender on ethnic identity and on American citizenship.

Language: English

Pages: 576

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Release: October 05, 2006

ISBN: 0252073053

ISBN 13: 9780252073052

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