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Immigrant California : understanding the past, present, and future of U.S. policy / edited by David Scott FitzGerald and John D. Skrentny.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781503614406
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • JV6920 .I465 2021
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Contents:
David FitzGerald and John D. Skrentny -- Immigration past, present, and future / Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown, and Stephanie A. Pullés -- Immigration policy / Allan Colbern -- Federal policies and health / Riti Shimkhada and Ninez A. Ponce -- Naturalization / Roger Waldinger -- The innovation economy / Natalie Novick and John D. Skrentny -- English language learners / Marisa Abrajano, Lisa García Bedolla, and Liesel I. Spangler -- How Californians see immigration / Zoltan Hajnal, Taeku Lee, and Kristy M. Pathakis -- Immigrant integration and the law : an afterword / Hiroshi Motomura.
Subject: "If California were its own country, it would have the world's fourth largest immigrant population. How these newcomers are integrated into the state will not only shape its schools, workforce, business, public health, politics, and culture, but also that of the entire country, and beyond. This is the contention that David FitzGerald and John Skrentny open with in this unique volume. Composed of a who's who of top immigration scholars from across the state, Immigrant California addresses comprehensively the issues related to the process of becoming Californian, and, ultimately, becoming American"--
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Lessons from California / David FitzGerald and John D. Skrentny -- Immigration past, present, and future / Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown, and Stephanie A. Pullés -- Immigration policy / Allan Colbern -- Federal policies and health / Riti Shimkhada and Ninez A. Ponce -- Naturalization / Roger Waldinger -- The innovation economy / Natalie Novick and John D. Skrentny -- English language learners / Marisa Abrajano, Lisa García Bedolla, and Liesel I. Spangler -- How Californians see immigration / Zoltan Hajnal, Taeku Lee, and Kristy M. Pathakis -- Immigrant integration and the law : an afterword / Hiroshi Motomura.

"If California were its own country, it would have the world's fourth largest immigrant population. How these newcomers are integrated into the state will not only shape its schools, workforce, business, public health, politics, and culture, but also that of the entire country, and beyond. This is the contention that David FitzGerald and John Skrentny open with in this unique volume. Composed of a who's who of top immigration scholars from across the state, Immigrant California addresses comprehensively the issues related to the process of becoming Californian, and, ultimately, becoming American"--

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