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Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States
The View from Prince George's County, Maryland
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Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States
The View from Prince George's County, Maryland
About this book
Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States: The View from Prince George's County, Maryland contextualizes the narratives of international migrants arriving to Prince George's County, Maryland from 1968 to 2009. The life course trajectories of seventy individuals and their networks, organized chronologically to include life in the country of origin, the journey, and settlement in the county, frame migration as social issue rather than social problem. Having internalized the American dream, immigrants toil to achieve upward social mobility while constructing an immigrant space that nurtures well-being. This book demonstrates that an immigrant's experience is grounded in personal, social, economic, and political spheres of influence, and reflects the complexity of migrants' stories to help demystify homogenous categorization.
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Yes, you can access Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States by Judith Noemí Freidenberg in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Cultural & Social Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Prologue
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: Contexts of Immigrant Experience
- Chapter 1: The People of Prince George’s County
- Chapter 2: Conversations about County Identity
- Part II: Testimonies of Immigrant Experience
- Chapter 3: Growing Up, Making an Exit Decision, and Leaving
- Chapter 4: Immigrant Journeys as Geopolitical Bridges
- Chapter 5: Life Changes in New Destinations
- Part III: Local Stories, Global Connections
- Chapter 6: Ideology of the “Good Life,” Immigrant Space, and Social Mobility
- Chapter 7: Imagined and Empirical Frontiers of the Nation-State
- Epilogue: To Continue the Conversations
- Appendix 1: Immigrant Experience Interview Schedule
- Appendix 2: Video Links
- Bibliography
- About the Author