What’s New about the "New" Immigration?: Traditions and Transformations in the United States since 1965
- ISBN-10
- 1137483857
- ISBN-13
- 9781137483850
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-12-17
- Publisher
- Springer
- Authors
- Marilynn S. Johnson, Marilyn Halter, Katheryn P. Viens
Description
Historians commonly point to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act as the inception of a new chapter in the story of American immigration. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from varied disciplines to consider what is genuinely new about this period.
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