New Immigrants New Land

Download or read book New Immigrants, New Land written by Ana Cristina Braga Martes and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An incisive, nuanced, and multidimensional case study. Martes challenges and revises accepted notions of ethnic solidarity, and emphasizes how much more diversity exists among the Brazilian newcomers than typically has been recognized."--Marilyn Halter, Boston University "Provides a rich and detailed account of the varied motivations and experiences of Brazilian emigrants to the United States. Martes explores a number of topics, including economic strategies unique to the Brazilian community, the roles of Catholic and evangelical Protestant churches in the lives of Brazilian immigrants, and issues of ethnic and racial identity in the United States, where categories of 'race' are conceptualized quite differently than in Brazil."--Cassandra White, Georgia State University Ana Cristina Martes presents a sociodemographic profile of Brazilian immigrants in Boston and addresses the major challenges they face in their efforts to navigate complicated economic relationships in the U.S. Using an ethnographic approach, Martes unpacks the complex intragroup dynamics of this population with particular emphasis on work life, the role of the church, and the always churning issues of racial and ethnic identity formation. Originally published in Portuguese as Brasileiros Nos Estados Unidos, and heavily revised by the author for the English edition, New Immigrants, New Land offers an incisive, nuanced, and multidimensional case study of Brazilians in Massachusetts and the second largest Brazilian immigrant population in the United States.

Download or read book Learning a New Land written by Carola Suárez-Orozco and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One child in five in America is the child of immigrants, and their numbers increase each year. Based on an extraordinary interdisciplinary study that followed 400 newly arrived children from the Caribbean, China, Central America, and Mexico for five years, this book provides a compelling account of the lives, dreams, academic journeys, and frustrations of these youngest immigrants.

Download or read book New Land, New Lives written by Janet Elaine Rasmussen and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Because I am a Dane and have gone to folk schools, I think I am a better American.""--""All my life, I've been eating rye bread.""--""I have my language from Norway, and my tradition."" -- MAP -- APPENDIX: INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY

Download or read book The Long Way to a New Land written by Joan Sandin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1986-05-23 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We will go to America!" It is 1868, and Carl Erik's family faces starvation in Sweden. As their hopes fade, they must endure a journey over land and sea to reach a better life in a new country thousands of miles away.

Download or read book A New Land Beckoned written by Chester William Geue and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1966 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, using the best research techniques of the historian--that of going to the source documents--Chester W. and Ethel H. Geue set out to better understand the German movement to Texas.

Download or read book Coming to America written by Katharine Emsden and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpts from diaries and letters provide glimpses into the lives of Russian, Lithuanian, Italian, Greek, Swedish, and Irish immigrants who passed through Ellis Island around the turn of the century.

Download or read book New Immigrants in New York written by Nancy Foner and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed anthology brings together the top people in their respective fields to discuss the impact that immigration has had on the character of New York City and also the cultural impact that coming to a new environment has had on immigrants. Thoroughly updated to encompass the newest waves of immigration, the book now covers Dominicans, former Soviets, Chinese, and Jamaicans as well as Mexicans, Koreans, and West Africans.