| Description |
xvi, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Strangers at the gates / Roger Waldinger -- New immigrants in urban America / Roger Waldinger and Jennifer Lee -- Up from poverty? "Race," immigration, and the fate of low-skilled workers / Roger Waldinger -- A tale of five cities? Trends in immigrant and native-born wages / Mark Ellis -- The geography of immigrant poverty : selective evidence of an immigrant underclass / William A.V. Clark -- On the back of Blacks? Immigrants and the fortunes of African Americans / Nelson Lim -- The immigrant niche : pervasive, persistent, diverse / Roger Waldinger and Claudia Der-Martirosian -- Progress, decline, stagnation? The new second generation comes of age / Min Zhou -- Conclusion : Immigration and the remaking of urban America / Roger Waldinger. |
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Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Immigrants -- United States -- Economic conditions.
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Foreign workers -- United States.
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Cities and towns -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Waldinger, Roger David.
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| ISBN |
0520230922 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780520230927 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520230930 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780520230934 paperback alkaline paper |
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