A compelling union of analysis and rich storytelling, Making the Immigrant Soldier traces the complexities of serving in the military in order to pursue the American dream.
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Making the Immigrant Soldier
How Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender Intersect in the US Military
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Making the Immigrant Soldier
How Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender Intersect in the US Military
About this book
Immigrants to the United States have long used the armed forces as a shortcut to citizenship. Cristina-Ioana Dragomir profiles Lily, Alexa, and Vikrant, three immigrants of varying nationalities and backgrounds who chose military service as their way of becoming American citizens. Privileging the trio's own words and experiences, Dragomir crafts a human-focused narrative that moves from their lives in their home countries and decisions to join the military to their fraught naturalization processes within the service. Dragomir illuminates how race, ethnicity, class, and gender impacted their transformation from immigrant to soldier, veteran, and American. She explores how these factors both eased their journeys and created obstacles that complicated their access to healthcare, education, economic resources, and other forms of social justice.
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Publisher
University of Illinois PressYear
2023Print ISBN
9780252087165
9780252045035
eBook ISBN
9780252054303
Topic
SozialwissenschaftenSubtopic
Militär- & SeefahrtsgeschichteTable of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface: “I Am Light Green”
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Conceptual Work
- 2 Lily
- 3 Alexa
- 4 Vikrant
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Creating Social Research
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Back Cover
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Yes, you can access Making the Immigrant Soldier by Cristina-Ioana Dragomir in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Sozialwissenschaften & Militär- & Seefahrtsgeschichte. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.