The Resource A nation of nations : a great American immigration story, Tom Gjelten
A nation of nations : a great American immigration story, Tom Gjelten
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- Summary
- "The dramatic and compelling story of the transformation of America during the last fifty years, told through a handful of families in one suburban county in Virginia that has been utterly changed by recent immigration. In the fifty years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the foreign-born population of the United States has tripled. Significantly, these immigrants are not coming from Europe, as was the case before 1965, but from all corners of the globe. Today non-European immigration is ninety percent of the total immigration to the US. Americans today are vastly more diverse than ever. They look different, speak different languages, practice different religions, eat different foods, and enjoy different cultures. In 1950, Fairfax County, Virginia, was ninety percent white, ten percent African-American, with a little more than one hundred families who were 'other.' Currently the African-American percentage of the population is about the same, but the Anglo white population is less than fifty percent, and there are families of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American origin living all over the county. A Nation of Nations follows the lives of a few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually 'Americanize.' Hailing from Korea, Bolivia, and Libya, these families have stories that illustrate common immigrant themes: friction between minorities, economic competition and entrepreneurship, and racial and cultural stereotyping. It's been half a century since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act changed the landscape of America, and no book has assessed the impact or importance of this law as this one does, with its brilliant combination of personal stories and larger demographic and political issues"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- x, 405 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue
- 1. Two Families from Korea
- 2. A Family from Bolivia
- 3. Out of Korea
- 4. Bolivia to America
- 5. A Family from Libya
- 6. Crossroads
- 7. A Libyan Boy in America
- 8. Good Immigrants, Bad Immigrants
- 9. JFK
- 10. The 1965 Reform
- 11. Turning Point
- 12. Minorities
- 13. Diversity
- 14. Muslim Americans
- 15. Integration
- 16. Initiative
- Part IV
- 17. Backlash
- 18 After 9-11
- 19. Second Generation
- 20. Politics
- 21. Americanization
- Isbn
- 9781476743851
- Label
- A nation of nations : a great American immigration story
- Title
- A nation of nations
- Title remainder
- a great American immigration story
- Statement of responsibility
- Tom Gjelten
- Subject
-
- Minorities -- Virginia | Fairfax County -- Social conditions
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Social change -- Virginia | Fairfax County
- United States.
- Fairfax County (Va.) -- Ethnic relations
- Biographies
- Immigrants -- Virginia | Fairfax County -- Social conditions
- Developing countries -- Emigration and immigration
- Fairfax County (Va.) -- Biography
- Fairfax County (Va.) -- Emigration and immigration
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
- HISTORY / United States / General
- Immigrants -- Virginia | Fairfax County -- Biography
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The dramatic and compelling story of the transformation of America during the last fifty years, told through a handful of families in one suburban county in Virginia that has been utterly changed by recent immigration. In the fifty years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the foreign-born population of the United States has tripled. Significantly, these immigrants are not coming from Europe, as was the case before 1965, but from all corners of the globe. Today non-European immigration is ninety percent of the total immigration to the US. Americans today are vastly more diverse than ever. They look different, speak different languages, practice different religions, eat different foods, and enjoy different cultures. In 1950, Fairfax County, Virginia, was ninety percent white, ten percent African-American, with a little more than one hundred families who were 'other.' Currently the African-American percentage of the population is about the same, but the Anglo white population is less than fifty percent, and there are families of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American origin living all over the county. A Nation of Nations follows the lives of a few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually 'Americanize.' Hailing from Korea, Bolivia, and Libya, these families have stories that illustrate common immigrant themes: friction between minorities, economic competition and entrepreneurship, and racial and cultural stereotyping. It's been half a century since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act changed the landscape of America, and no book has assessed the impact or importance of this law as this one does, with its brilliant combination of personal stories and larger demographic and political issues"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gjelten, Tom
- Dewey number
- 305.8009755/291
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F232.F2
- LC item number
- G54 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Minorities
- Immigrants
- Immigrants
- Social change
- Fairfax County (Va.)
- Fairfax County (Va.)
- Fairfax County (Va.)
- Developing countries
- United States
- United States.
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / General
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
- Label
- A nation of nations : a great American immigration story, Tom Gjelten
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- 1. Two Families from Korea -- 2. A Family from Bolivia -- 3. Out of Korea -- 4. Bolivia to America -- 5. A Family from Libya -- 6. Crossroads -- 7. A Libyan Boy in America -- 8. Good Immigrants, Bad Immigrants -- 9. JFK -- 10. The 1965 Reform -- 11. Turning Point -- 12. Minorities -- 13. Diversity -- 14. Muslim Americans -- 15. Integration -- 16. Initiative -- Part IV -- 17. Backlash -- 18 After 9-11 -- 19. Second Generation -- 20. Politics -- 21. Americanization
- Control code
- 1617547
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- x, 405 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781476743851
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015017291
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1617547
- (Sirsi) 1617547
- (OCoLC)913957583
- Label
- A nation of nations : a great American immigration story, Tom Gjelten
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- 1. Two Families from Korea -- 2. A Family from Bolivia -- 3. Out of Korea -- 4. Bolivia to America -- 5. A Family from Libya -- 6. Crossroads -- 7. A Libyan Boy in America -- 8. Good Immigrants, Bad Immigrants -- 9. JFK -- 10. The 1965 Reform -- 11. Turning Point -- 12. Minorities -- 13. Diversity -- 14. Muslim Americans -- 15. Integration -- 16. Initiative -- Part IV -- 17. Backlash -- 18 After 9-11 -- 19. Second Generation -- 20. Politics -- 21. Americanization
- Control code
- 1617547
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- x, 405 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781476743851
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015017291
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1617547
- (Sirsi) 1617547
- (OCoLC)913957583
Subject
- Biographies
- Developing countries -- Emigration and immigration
- Fairfax County (Va.) -- Biography
- Fairfax County (Va.) -- Emigration and immigration
- Fairfax County (Va.) -- Ethnic relations
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / General
- Immigrants -- Virginia | Fairfax County -- Biography
- Immigrants -- Virginia | Fairfax County -- Social conditions
- Minorities -- Virginia | Fairfax County -- Social conditions
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
- Social change -- Virginia | Fairfax County
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- United States.
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