Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States

Judith Noemí Freidenberg

doi:10.5771/9780739182635

Summary

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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Publication year: 2016
Publication date: 20.05.2016
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-8262-8
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-8263-5
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 198
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Figures No access
3. Tables No access
4. Prologue No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction. The Immigrant Life Course as a Lens to Understand the United States No access Pages 1 - 20
1. Chapter 1. The People of Prince George’s County No access
2. Chapter 2. Conversations about County Identity No access
1. Chapter 3. Growing Up, Making an Exit Decision, and Leaving No access
2. Chapter 4. Immigrant Journeys as Geopolitical Bridges No access
3. Chapter 5. Life Changes in New Destinations No access
1. Chapter 6. Ideology of the “Good Life,” Immigrant Space, and Social Mobility No access
2. Chapter 7. Imagined and Empirical Frontiers of the Nation-State No access
Epilogue. To Continue the Conversations No access Pages 169 - 170
Appendix 1. Immigrant Experience Interview Schedule No access Pages 171 - 172
Appendix 2. Video Links No access Pages 173 - 174
Bibliography No access Pages 175 - 188
Index No access Pages 189 - 196
About the Author No access Pages 197 - 198