Unwelcome Strangers (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: David M. Reimers
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Current affairs and history
- Time of Work: Primarily the 1990’s
- Setting: The United States
- Genres: Nonfiction, Current affairs, History
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Politics, Racism, Ethnic relations, Immigration or emigration, Acculturation, Migrant labor, Economic conditions
- Locales: United States
The post-1965 surge in immigration to the United States, which first became the focus of extensive study in the 1980’s, has produced an extraordinary and ever-growing body of scholarship, ranging from highly specialized works to broad overviews. In 1998, a number of significant books were added to this shelf, including Roberto Suro’s Strangers Among Us: How Latino Immigration Is Transforming America, Peter H. Schuck’s Citizens, Strangers, and In-Betweens: Essays on Immigration and Citizenship, and Jagdish Bhagwati’s A Stream of Windows: Unsettling Reflections on...
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