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Title:

Strangers at the gates : new immigrants in urban America / edited by Roger Waldinger.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

xvi, 339 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
Immigrants--United States--Economic conditions.
Alien labor--United States.
Cities and towns--United States.

Other Authors:

Waldinger, Roger David.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Strangers at the gates / Roger Waldinger -- New immigrants in urban America / Roger Waldinger and Jennifer Lee -- Up from poverty? "Race," immigration, and the fate of low-skilled workers / Roger Waldinger -- A tale of five cities? Trends in immigrant and native-born wages / Mark Ellis -- The geography of immigrant poverty : selective evidence of an immigrant underclass / William A.V. Clark -- On the back of Blacks? Immigrants and the fortunes of African Americans / Nelson Lim -- The immigrant niche : pervasive, persistent, diverse / Roger Waldinger and Claudia Der-Martirosian -- Progress, decline, stagnation? The new second generation comes of age / Min Zhou -- Conclusion : Immigration and the remaking of urban America / Roger Waldinger.

ISBN:

9780520230934 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
0520230930 (pbk. : alk. paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45871251

LCCN:

2001027085

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)