How do you prepare clinicians to work with Asian Americans? What aspects of Asian cultures or of Asian American social environmental experiences are salient for consideration in mental health services? What do you do differently as an Asian American clinician working with Asian American clients, as compared to working with mainstream European ......
Does Asian American denote an ethnic or racial identification? Is a person of mixed ancestry, the child of Euro- and Asian American parents, Asian American? What does it mean to refer to first generation Hmong refugees and fifth generation Chinese Americans both as Asian American? This book examines the discourse on race and law.
This book, written by one of the leading authorities on migration, traces the growth of global migration since 1945, showing how it has produced fundamental economic, social and cultural changes in most parts of the world. Using techniques of comparative analysis the book shows the gap between global migration and policy. As the postwar demand ......
An epic story of the struggle of the Indo-Caribbean people. From the 1830s to World War I thousands of indentured labourers were shipped from India to the Caribbean. The study is based on official documents and archives, as well as material from British, Indian and Caribbean sources.
Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation
Considers immigration in the context of the global and national economy, examining such often-overlooked issues as the competition between immigrants and African Americans, inter-group tension, and ethnic separatism.
Memoirs of the Scandinavian-American Labor Movement
Previously available only in an out-of-print Swedish edition published in 1955, Henry Bengston's firsthand account deals with what historian Dag Blanck calls the "other Swedish America." Swedish immigrants in general were conservative, but Bengston and others--most notably Joe Hill--joined the working-class labor movement on the left, ......
Exploring the acculturation process of Italian immigrants in the USA in terms of patterns of European and American racism, this book delves into the political and legal context of flawed liberal nationalism both in Italy (the Risorgimento) and the United States (Reconstruction Amendments).
Does Asian American denote an ethnic or racial identification? Is a person of mixed ancestry, the child of Euro- and Asian American parents, Asian American? What does it mean to refer to first generation Hmong refugees and fifth generation Chinese Americans both as Asian American? This book examines the discourse on race and law.
The contributors to this collection of essays explore the diverse and complex ways in which migrant women in a variety of occupational and social categories experience international relocation.
