Immigrant California : understanding the past, present, and future of U.S. policy /
edited by David Scott FitzGerald and John D. Skrentny.
- 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
Lessons from California / Immigration past, present, and future / Immigration policy / Federal policies and health / Naturalization / The innovation economy / English language learners / How Californians see immigration / Immigrant integration and the law : an afterword / David FitzGerald and John D. Skrentny -- Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown, and Stephanie A. Pullés -- Allan Colbern -- Riti Shimkhada and Ninez A. Ponce -- Roger Waldinger -- Natalie Novick and John D. Skrentny -- Marisa Abrajano, Lisa García Bedolla, and Liesel I. Spangler -- Zoltan Hajnal, Taeku Lee, and Kristy M. Pathakis -- 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"--