Nations of immigrants [electronic resource] : Australia and the USA compared / edited by John Higley, John Nieuwenhuysen with Stine Neerup.
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TextSeries: Monash studies in global movements seriesPublication details: Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2009Description: 1 online resource (xii, 206 p.) : ill., mapsISBN: 9781849802079 (e-book)Subject(s): Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Australia | Americanization | Multiculturalism -- Australia | Multiculturalism -- United States | Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy | United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 325.73 LOC classification: JV9120 | .N38 2009Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-194) and index.
1. Introduction / John Higley and John Nieuwenhuysen -- 2. Flows of immigrants 1993-2008 : Australia / Graeme Hugo -- 3. Trends in US immigration / Susan K. Brown, James Bachmeier and Frank D. Bean -- 4. From disordered expansion to disordered stalemate : immigration politics in the United States / Gary P. Freeman -- 5. Immigration policy in Australia / Bob Birrell -- 6. Immigration and the labour market in Australia / Santina Bertone -- 7. Immigration and the United States labour market / Brian Duncan and Stephen J. Trejo -- 8. New groups and social cohesion in Australia / Andrew Jakubowicz -- 9. Latinos, immigration and social cohesion in the United States / David L. Leal -- 10. Immigrant settlement, ethnic relations and multiculturalism in Australia / James Jupp -- 11. Who belongs? : assimilation, integration and multiculturalism in the United States / Cara Wong.
This timely book examines the immense surges in immigration since the mid-1990s in Australia and the United States, two of the world's most important settler-receiving countries.
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