This text investigates different notions of communitarianism and citizenship, and their application within a number of fields, in particular education, politics and social welfare.
The author draws on interviews she conducted with second-generation Chinese and Korean Americans in Boston and Los Angeles who came of age during the 1980s and 1990s to explore the dynamics of race, identity and adaptation within these communities.
Abolish border controls. Let in large numbers of immigrants. Can this author be serious? Or realistic? The author puts the arguments in favour of free mobility across national borders, and counters those against. His conclusions are clear and profound: free international migration can lessen the huge material inequalities and human injustices.
This is an engaging, richly detailed biography of a family of Norwegian immigrant homesteaders in eastern North Dakota in the late 1800s.
The story of one woman s personal discovery of her Canadian Ukrainian cultural origins and the impact of that invigorating discovery on her life A must read for those interested in the history of all the peoples who helped shape and enrich Canada with their unique cultures
Shows the reader how Italian-American identity has evolved though the years, and that there is still no consensus on its definition. This book addresses modern activism as well as the anti-defamation campaign and the Columbus Day controversy.
Features letters and articles written by Dutch immigrants during the 1920's, which offer fresh insight into the struggles the Dutch faced attempting to fit into their new country, and open up the inner dimensions of the immigrants: the reasons for their emigration, their hopes, fears, and their experiences in Canada.
A book that goes beyond the normal treatment of causes & consequences of immigration, & focuses more upon the ways in which 'Old World' cultural traits were transformed & altered as immigrants encountered an urban, industrial - & at times, hostile - environment.
The story of thousands of Mennonite women who, having lost their husbands and fathers, assumed altered gender roles in their adopted homeland and created a culture of women refugees with its own distinctive historical narrative.
The end of the millennium finds some 25 million people worldwide displaced by civil wars or violations of human rights, but still in their own countries and with no redress. This humanitarian challenge examined here poses a threat to security, stability and economic well-being of all continents.
A collection of letters, written by a most extraordinary, and yet typical representative of east European intelligentsia, posted from Moscow, Mostar, and lately Paris and Rome, where the author has lived since he left war-torn Bosnia.
Not long ago, the integration of immigrants in host societies was perceived mostly in terms of assimilation, an overly simplistic scenario, based on which immigrants would learn the language and culture of the native population, and the rest would just follow.