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100 1 _aGjelten, Tom.
245 1 2 _aA nation of nations :
_ba great American immigration story /
_cTom Gjelten.
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2015.
300 _ax, 405 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustration ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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520 2 _a"The dramatic and compelling story of the transformation of America during the last fifty years, told through a handful of families in one suburban county in Virginia that has been utterly changed by recent immigration. In the fifty years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the foreign-born population of the United States has tripled. Significantly, these immigrants are not coming from Europe, as was the case before 1965, but from all corners of the globe. Today non-European immigration is ninety percent of the total immigration to the US. Americans today are vastly more diverse than ever. They look different, speak different languages, practice different religions, eat different foods, and enjoy different cultures. In 1950, Fairfax County, Virginia, was ninety percent white, ten percent African-American, with a little more than one hundred families who were 'other.' Currently the African-American percentage of the population is about the same, but the Anglo white population is less than fifty percent, and there are families of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American origin living all over the county. A Nation of Nations follows the lives of a few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually 'Americanize.' Hailing from Korea, Bolivia, and Libya, these families have stories that illustrate common immigrant themes: friction between minorities, economic competition and entrepreneurship, and racial and cultural stereotyping. It's been half a century since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act changed the landscape of America, and no book has assessed the impact or importance of this law as this one does, with its brilliant combination of personal stories and larger demographic and political issues"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 349-385) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue -- Part I -- 1. Two Families from Korea -- 2. A Family from Bolivia -- 3. Out of Korea -- 4. Bolivia to America -- 5. A Family from Libya -- 6. Crossroads -- 7. A Libyan Boy in America -- Part II -- 8. Good Immigrants, Bad Immigrants -- 9. JFK -- 10. The 1965 Reform -- Part III -- 11. Turning Point -- 12. Minorities -- 13. Diversity -- 14. Muslim Americans -- 15. Integration -- 16. Initiative -- Part IV -- 17. Backlash -- 18 After 9-11 -- 19. Second Generation -- 20. Politics -- 21. Americanization.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_tImmigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965.
650 0 _aMinorities
_zVirginia
_zFairfax County
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aImmigrants
_zVirginia
_zFairfax County
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aImmigrants
_zVirginia
_zFairfax County
_vBiography.
650 0 _aSocial change
_zVirginia
_zFairfax County.
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / General.
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650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
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651 0 _aFairfax County (Va.)
_xEthnic relations.
651 0 _aFairfax County (Va.)
_xEmigration and immigration.
651 0 _aFairfax County (Va.)
_vBiography.
651 0 _aDeveloping countries
_xEmigration and immigration.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEmigration and immigration.
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