Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : All-America City Award
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
All-America City Yearbook
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : All-America City Award
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : All-America City Award
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
1998 All-America City Yearbook
Author: Michael McGrath
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : All-America City Awards
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : All-America City Awards
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The Statesman's Yearbook: 1991-92
Author: NA NA
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230271200
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1719
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230271200
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1719
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
The American City
Author: Arthur Hastings Grant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
New Serial Titles
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1448
Book Description
A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1448
Book Description
A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.
Immigrants and the American City
Author: Thomas Muller
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814755062
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
American immigrants are often considered symbols of hope and promise. Presidential candidates point to their immigrant roots, Ellis Island is celebrated as a national monument, and the melting pot remains a popular, if somewhat tarnished, American analogy. At the same time, images of impoverished Mexicans swarming across the Mexican-American border and boatloads of desperate Haitian and Cuban refugees depict America as a nation under siege. While governments and business interests generally welcome aliens for the economic benefits they generate, the success of these groups paradoxically stirs distrust and envy, leading to discrimination, oppression, and, in some cases, eviction. Surveying the political and economic history of American immigration, Thomas Muller compellingly argues that the clamor at America's gate should be a cause of pride, not anxiety; a sign of vigor, not an omen of decline. Illustrating that recent waves of immigration have facilitated urban renewal, Muller emphasizes the many ways in which aliens have lessened our cities' social problems rather than contributing to them. Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and San Francisco, traditional gateways to other continents, have all benefited from the contributions of immigrants. To assess perceived and actual costs of absorbing the new immigrants, Muller examines their impact on city income, housing, minority jobs, public services, and wages. But Muller argues that noneconomic concerns (such as recent attempts to formalize English as the country's official language) frequently mirror deeply-rooted fears that could explain the cyclical pattern of American attitudes toward immigrants over the last three centuries. The nation, he contends, may again be turning inward, initiating a period of growing hostility toward the foreign-born. Nonetheless, higher entry levels for skilled immigrants would improve the technological standing of the U.S., increase the standard of living for the middle class, and facilitate the resurgence of our inner cities.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814755062
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
American immigrants are often considered symbols of hope and promise. Presidential candidates point to their immigrant roots, Ellis Island is celebrated as a national monument, and the melting pot remains a popular, if somewhat tarnished, American analogy. At the same time, images of impoverished Mexicans swarming across the Mexican-American border and boatloads of desperate Haitian and Cuban refugees depict America as a nation under siege. While governments and business interests generally welcome aliens for the economic benefits they generate, the success of these groups paradoxically stirs distrust and envy, leading to discrimination, oppression, and, in some cases, eviction. Surveying the political and economic history of American immigration, Thomas Muller compellingly argues that the clamor at America's gate should be a cause of pride, not anxiety; a sign of vigor, not an omen of decline. Illustrating that recent waves of immigration have facilitated urban renewal, Muller emphasizes the many ways in which aliens have lessened our cities' social problems rather than contributing to them. Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and San Francisco, traditional gateways to other continents, have all benefited from the contributions of immigrants. To assess perceived and actual costs of absorbing the new immigrants, Muller examines their impact on city income, housing, minority jobs, public services, and wages. But Muller argues that noneconomic concerns (such as recent attempts to formalize English as the country's official language) frequently mirror deeply-rooted fears that could explain the cyclical pattern of American attitudes toward immigrants over the last three centuries. The nation, he contends, may again be turning inward, initiating a period of growing hostility toward the foreign-born. Nonetheless, higher entry levels for skilled immigrants would improve the technological standing of the U.S., increase the standard of living for the middle class, and facilitate the resurgence of our inner cities.
The Municipal Year Book 1991
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780873269667
Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780873269667
Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
American Congregations, Volume 2
Author: James P. Wind
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226901893
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Continuing this two-part series on American religion, Volume 2 addresses three questions: Where is the congregation located on the broader map of American cultural and religious life? What are congregations' distinctive roles in American culture? And, what patterns of leadership characterize congregations in America?
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226901893
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Continuing this two-part series on American religion, Volume 2 addresses three questions: Where is the congregation located on the broader map of American cultural and religious life? What are congregations' distinctive roles in American culture? And, what patterns of leadership characterize congregations in America?
Little Saigons
Author: Karin Aguilar-San Juan
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816654859
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Karin Aguilar-San Juan examines the contradictions of Vietnamese American community and identity in two emblematic yet different locales: Little Saigon in suburban Orange County, California (widely described as the capital of Vietnamese America) and the urban "Vietnamese town" of Fields Corner in Boston, Massachusetts. Their distinctive qualities challenge assumptions about identity and space, growth amid globalization, and processes of Americanization. With a comparative and race-cognizant approach, Aguilar-San Juan shows how places like Little Saigon and Fields Corner are sites for the simultaneous preservation and redefinition of Vietnamese identity. Intervening in debates about race, ethnicity, multiculturalism, and suburbanization as a form of assimilation, this work elaborates on the significance of place as an integral element of community building and its role in defining Vietnamese American-ness. Staying Vietnamese, according to Aguilar-San Juan, is not about replicating life in Viet Nam. Rather, it involves moving toward a state of equilibrium that, though always in flux, allows refugees, immigrants, and their U.S.-born offspring to recalibrate their sense of self in order to become Vietnamese anew in places far from their presumed geographic home.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816654859
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Karin Aguilar-San Juan examines the contradictions of Vietnamese American community and identity in two emblematic yet different locales: Little Saigon in suburban Orange County, California (widely described as the capital of Vietnamese America) and the urban "Vietnamese town" of Fields Corner in Boston, Massachusetts. Their distinctive qualities challenge assumptions about identity and space, growth amid globalization, and processes of Americanization. With a comparative and race-cognizant approach, Aguilar-San Juan shows how places like Little Saigon and Fields Corner are sites for the simultaneous preservation and redefinition of Vietnamese identity. Intervening in debates about race, ethnicity, multiculturalism, and suburbanization as a form of assimilation, this work elaborates on the significance of place as an integral element of community building and its role in defining Vietnamese American-ness. Staying Vietnamese, according to Aguilar-San Juan, is not about replicating life in Viet Nam. Rather, it involves moving toward a state of equilibrium that, though always in flux, allows refugees, immigrants, and their U.S.-born offspring to recalibrate their sense of self in order to become Vietnamese anew in places far from their presumed geographic home.
The Statesman's Year-Book 1990-91
Author: J. Paxton
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230271197
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1718
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230271197
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1718
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.