Portes, Alejandro,  1944- <br/><br/>
Immigrant America :  a portrait / 
Alejandro Portes and Rubén G. Rumbaut. 
 - xxiii, 300 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> "A centennial book"--3rd prelim. p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-289) and index. 
<br/><br/> Nine stories --  Who they are and why they come --  Moving : patterns of immigrant settlement and spatial mobility --  Making it in America : occupational and economic adaptation --  From immigrants to ethnics : identity, citizenship, and political participation --  A foreign world : immigration, mental health, and acculturation --  Learning the ropes : language and education --  Growing up American : the new second generation --  Religion : the enduring presence --  Conclusion : immigration and public policy.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0520068947 9780520068940 0520070380 9780520070387 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>89020444 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Americanization--History
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Emigration and immigration--History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JV6450  / .P67 1990 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>304.873