Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity.
This insightful new book offers a fresh perspective on immigration and its part in shaping the racial landscape of the US today. Moving away from one-dimensional views of this relationship, it emphasizes the dynamic and mutually formative interactions of race and immigration. Drawing on a wide range of studies, it explores key aspects of the immigrant experience, such as the history of immigration laws, the formation of immigrant occupational niches, and developments of immigrant identity and community. Specific topics covered include: the perceived crisis of unauthorized immigration; the growth of an immigrant rights movement; the role of immigrant labor in the elder care industry; the racial strategies of professional immigrants; and the formation of pan-ethnic Latino identities.
Written in an engaging and accessible style, this book will be invaluable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate-level courses in the sociology of immigration, race and ethnicity.
About the Author
NAZLI KIBRIA is Professor of Sociology at Boston University.
CARA BOWMAN is a doctoral student at Boston University.
MEGAN O’LEARY is a doctoral student at Boston University.
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An insightful new book offering a fresh perspective on immigration and its part in shaping the racial landscape of the US today
Demonstrates the important implications immigration has for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity
Explores key aspects of the immigrant experience such as immigration laws, immigrant communities, and the perceived crisis of unauthorized immigration
Ideal for upper-level students thanks to its lively and accessible style, and its sociological engagement with important contemporary issues
