With more than three million foreign-born residents today, New York has been America's defining port of entry for nearly four centuries, a magnet for transplants from all over the globe. These migrants have brought their hundreds of languages and distinct cultures to the city, and from there to the entire country. More immigrants have come to New York than all other entry points combined. 'City of Dreams' is peopled with memorable characters both beloved and unfamiliar, whose lives unfold in rich detail: the young man from the Caribbean who passed through New York on his way to becoming a Founding Father; the ten-year-old Angelo Siciliano, from Calabria, who transformed into Charles Atlas, bodybuilder; Dominican-born Oscar de la Renta, whose couture designs have dressed first ladies from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama Titel: City of dreams : the 400-year epic history of immigrant New Y
This book is well researched and highly accessible. It is both a useful and much needed addition to the literature on race and social research′ - Ethnic and Racial Studies ′The book is well laid out with glossaries of significant new terms and summaries of key points at the end of each chapter, extensive notes and a very useful bibliography. Knowle′s book is a welcome contribution to our understanding, and its emphasis on social analysis helps to bridge what sometimes appears to be a widening gap between the academic and policy/practitioner communities. She provides some significant insights into the inter-relationships between everyday race/ethnicity making and contemporary political and theoretical understandings′ - Runnymede′s Quarterly Bulletin ′Knowles writes eloquently about how we can challenge and change racist ideas, and ideas about race…this is an important and enjoyable book,
"This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides readers with a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume. Updated with the latest available data, Immigrant America explores the economic, political, spatial, and linguistic aspects of immigration; the role of religion in the acculturation and social integration of foreign minorities; and the adaptation process for the second generation. This revised edition includes new chapters on theories of migration and on the history of U.S.-bound migration from the late nineteenth century to the present, offering an updated and expanded concluding chapter on immigration and public policy."--Publisher information. Titel: Immigrant America af Alejandro Portes (Bog) Forfattere: Alejandro Portes,Rubén G. Rumbaut Udgave: Third Edition Genre: Sociology Sammendrag:
"An excellent summary and interpretation of race relations in nineteenth-century California. Empirically rich and theoretically sophisticated, it is the last and best word on the historical origins of the racial hierarchy that contemporary multiculturalists are struggling to overcome."--George Fredrickson, Stanford University "Sometime soon in the 21st century, all of California's peoples will belong to minorities, and Almaguer's pathbreaking comparative history is indispensable for understanding how and why this society became so racially diverse. His study expands the borders of multicultural scholarship."--Ronald Takaki, University of California, Berkeley "Evocatively written and theoretically compelling, "Racial Fault Lines represents a benchmark in the writing of U.S. history. Almaguer blends sociological paradigms with rich historical narratives in his perspicacious examination of
Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian Studs Terkel's "greatest hits." Terkel's oral histories have been enjoyed by millions of Americans, and have earned him a Pulitzer Prize, induction into The American Academy of Arts and Letters, The National Humanities Medal, and The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, among other honors. My American Century collects the best of his interviews and the introductions from each of his eight classic books, along with a major new introduction to Terkel's work by Robert Coles. It is a both stellar collection of portraits and a panoramic chronicle of America from the 1920s onward. Studs Terkel (1912-2008) was a free spirit, an outspoken populist, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a terrible ham, and one of the best-loved characters on the American scene. Born in New York in 1912, he lived in Chicago for over eig
Ta-Nehisi Coates' brev til sin søn om at den amerikanske drøm ikke er en drøm, men et mareridt bygget på knækkede sorte kroppe Titel: Mellem verden og mig Udgave: 1. udgave Genre: historie_samfund Sammendrag: Ta-Nehisi Coates henvender sig i denne bog direkte til sin søn for at forklare, hvordan USA er bygget på en løgn om frihed, mens landets sorte borgere gennem historien har betalt prisen med deres kroppe. I et langt brev fortæller han om sin egen opvækst, frygten på gaden, universitetsårene og de mange sager om politiets vold mod sorte. Han udfolder, hvordan den amerikanske drøm forudsætter usynliggørelsen af sorte liv, og hvad det vil sige at leve i konstant udsathed. Bogen stiller skarpt på amerikansk selvforståelse, strukturel racisme og oplevelsen af at leve med en sort og sårbar krop og er blevet en af de mest omtalte bøger om etnicitet og race i nyere tid. Type: Hardcover
Follow That Dream er en undervisningsantologi om USA, der introducerer elever til centrale amerikanske temaer som immigration, identitet, frihedsidealer og social ulighed. Bogen præsenterer et udvalg af korte tekster, uddrag og baggrundsartikler, som sætter fokus på den amerikanske drøm og dens bagsider. Teksterne er velegnede til analyse, diskussion og skriftligt arbejde i engelskundervisningen på ungdomsuddannelser, hvor eleverne skal arbejde med kulturelle og samfundsmæssige problemstillinger i en amerikansk kontekst. Type: Paperback Engelsksproget antologi med udgangspunkt i USA og den amerikanske drøm. Bogen samler moderne tekster, der belyser amerikansk kultur, identitet, indvandring, samfund og politiske såvel som etiske problemstillinger. Teksterne dækker især perioden fra slutningen af 1900-tallet og frem og giver et billede af, hvordan forskellige grupper i USA forholder sig ti
Tocqueville examines the structures, institution and operation of democracy, and analyzes the lessons that Europe could learn from American successes and failures. It continues to be an influential text on both sides of the Atlantic, especially in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe. Titel: Democracy in America Udgave: Abridged, with an Introduction by Patrick Renshaw Genre: Political Philosophy Sammendrag: De Tocqueville examines how Europe can learn from American successes and failures, discusses the rule of the people, predicts slavery will lead to civil war, foresees the USA and Russia as superpowers, and addresses women's roles. Type: Paperback
