Immigration & Emigration - Government Policy, Immigration & Emigration - United States

Immigration Reader

Name: Immigration Reader
Author: Jacobson
ISBN: 9780631207764

by Jacobson

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Overview

THE IMMIGRATION READER offers a unique, multidisciplinary perspective on immigration to the United States. It provides a broad view of the role of the immigrant in American society and how the immigrant experience shaped American identity. The book provides historical perspective on current government debates on immigration policy, welfare, the role of citizenship, and human rights.

Synopsis

A superb collection of readings by the most important scholars in the social sciences working on immigration studies.

About the Author, Jacobson

David Jacobson was born in South Africa. He teaches in the Department of Sociology at Arizona State University. He received his PhD from Princeton University and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the London School of Economics. His other books include Right Across Borders (1996) and Old Nations, New World