Nations of immigrants  Australia and the USA compared /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by John Higley, John Nieuwenhuysen with Stine Neerup. 
 - Cheltenham, U.K. ;  Northampton, Mass. :  Edward Elgar,  c2009. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 206 p.) :  ill., maps. 
 - Monash studies in global movements .
 - Monash studies in global movements series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-194) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849802079 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009936233 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Immigrants--Cultural assimilation--Australia.<br/>Americanization.<br/>Multiculturalism--Australia.<br/>Multiculturalism--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Australia--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.<br/>United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JV9120  / .N38 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>325.73