Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans [4 volumes]

by Ronald H. Bayor (Editor)

Overview

This encyclopedia contains 50 thorough profiles of the most numerically significant immigrant groups now making their homes in the United States, telling the story of our newest immigrants and introducing them to their fellow Americans.

One of the main reasons the United States has evolved so quickly and radically in the last 100 years is the large number of ethnically diverse immigrants that have become part of its population. People from every area of the world have come to America in an effort to realize their dreams of more opportunity and better lives, either for themselves or for their children.

This book provides a fascinating picture of the lives of immigrants from 50 countries who have contributed substantially to the diversity of the United States, exploring all aspects of the immigrants' lives in the old world as well as the new. Each essay explains why these people have come to the United States, how they have adjusted to and integrated into American society, and what portends for their future. Accounts of the experiences of the second generation and the effects of relations between the United States and the sending country round out these unusually rich and demographically detailed portraits.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798216119937
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/22/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	2388
File size:	52 MB
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Age Range:	7 - 17 Years

About the Author

Ronald H. Bayor, PhD, is professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
Ronald H. Bayor, PhD, is professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

Table of Contents

Preface,
Introduction,
Chronology,
Afghan Immigrants,
Ceri Oeppen
Argentinian Immigrants,
Judith Ann Warner
Bahamian Immigrants,
Kathryn Beard
Bangladeshi Immigrants,
Ahrar Ahmad
Brazilian Immigrants,
Franklin Goza
Cambodian Immigrants,
Justin Corfield
Chilean Immigrants,
Cristián Doña-Reveco
Chinese Immigrants,
Jonathan H. X. Lee
Colombian Immigrants,
Enrique S. Pumar
Costa Rican Immigrants,
Thea S. Alvarado
Cuban Immigrants,
Guillermo J. Grenier
Dominican Immigrants,
Ramona Hernández and Anthony Stevens-Acevedo
Ecuadorian Immigrants,
Kenneth Kincaid
Egyptian Immigrants,
Caroline Nagel
Eritrean Immigrants,
Tricia Redeker Hepner
Ethiopian Immigrants,
Solomon Addis Getahun
Filipino Immigrants,
Maria Paz Gutierrez Esguerra
Ghanaian Immigrants,
Baffour K. Takyi
Guatemalan Immigrants,
Timothy Steigenga and Sandra Lazo de la Vega
Guyanese (Indo-Guyanese) Immigrants,
Stephen J. Sills and Natassaja Chowthi
Haitian Immigrants,
Bertin M. Louis Jr.
Honduran Immigrants,
Suyapa G. Portillo Villeda
Indian (Asian Indian) Immigrants,
Karen Isaksen Leonard
Indonesian Immigrants,
Jennifer Cho
Iranian Immigrants,
Maboud Ansari
Iraqi Immigrants,
Mary C. Sengstock
Israeli Jewish Immigrants,
Steven J. Gold
Jamaican Immigrants,
Alwyn D. Gilkes
Japanese Immigrants,
Eiichiro Azuma
Kenyan Immigrants,
Nicole C. D'Errico and Scott G. Feinstein
Korean Immigrants,
Won Moo Hurh
Laotian Immigrants,
Helen K. Kim
Lebanese Immigrants,
Stephen J. Sills
Liberian Immigrants,
Hana Brown
Mexican Immigrants,
Alma M. Garcia
Nicaraguan Immigrants,
Lisa Konczal
Nigerian Immigrants,
Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome
Pakistani Immigrants,
Kathleen M. Moore
Palestinian and Jordanian Immigrants,
Randa Bassem Serhan
Panamanian Immigrants,
Joanna Doran and Anulkah Thomas
Peruvian Immigrants,
Erika Busse-Cárdenas and Rodrigo Lovatón Dávila
Puerto Ricans,
María E. Pérez y González
Salvadoran Immigrants,
Carlos B. Cordova
Somalian Immigrants,
Franklin Goza
Sudanese Immigrants,
Deidre Ann Tyler
Taiwanese Immigrants,
Franklin Ng
Thai Immigrants,
Jenjira Yahirun
Trinidadian and Tobagonian Immigrants,
Teruyuki Tsuji
Venezuelan Immigrants,
Magaly Sanchez-R.
Vietnamese Immigrants,
Hien Duc Do
Selected Bibliography,
About the Editor and Contributors,
Index,