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Product Identifiers
PublisherBerghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN-101571811257
ISBN-139781571811257
eBay Product ID (ePID)1004198
Product Key Features
Number of Pages176 Pages
Publication NameMigration Past, Migration Future : Germany and the United States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEmigration & Immigration
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLaw, Social Science
AuthorMyron Weiner
SeriesMigration and Refugees Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight14.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-007505
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"... useful and readable summaries of research completed in the last two decades." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, "... useful and readable summaries of research completed in the last two decades." · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Series Volume Number1
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal325.43
Table Of ContentChapter 1. From Emigration to Immigration: the German Experience in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries K. Bade Chapter 2. An Immigration Country of Assimilative Pluralism: Immigrant Reception and Absorption in American History R. Ueda Chapter 3. Changing Patterns of German Immigration, 1945-1994 R. Münz and R. Ulrich Chapter 4. The Changing Demography of U.S. Immigration Flows: Patterns, Projections, and Contexts F. D. Bean , R. G. Cushing and C. W. Haynes Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index
SynopsisThe United States is an immigrant country. Germany is not. This volume shatters this widely held myth and reveals the remarkable similarities (as well as the differences) between the two countries. Essays by leading German and American historians and demographers describe how these two countries have become to have the largest number of immigrants, The United States is an immigrant country. Germany is not. This volume shatters this widely held myth and reveals the remarkable similarities (as well as the differences) between the two countries. Essays by leading German and American historians and demographers describe how these two countries have become to have the largest number of immigrants among advanced industrial countries, how their conceptions of citizenship and nationality differ, and how their ethnic compositions are likely to be transformed in the next century as a consequence ofmigration, fertility trends, citizenship and naturalization laws, and public attitudes.