Ciencias sociales / Emigración e Inmigración

Australia - The Immigrant's Guide to Retail - Volume I

de Hymie Zawatzky

Retail is a real challenge in Australia. With migration to Australia, the opening of retail businesses by these new arrivals has been one of the driving factors in the growth of Australian retail sector This...

How the Other Half Lives

de Jacob Riis & Luc Sante

First published in 1890, Jacob Riis's remarkable study of the horrendous living conditions of the poor in New York City had an immediate and extraordinary impact on society, inspiring reforms that affected the...

Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World

de Doug Saunders

Look around: the largest migration in human history is under way. For the first time ever, more people are living in cities than in rural areas. Between 2007 and 2050, the world’s cities will have absorbed...

Embracing the Infidel

de Behzad Yaghmaian

An eye-opening personal account of an epic human drama, Embracing the Infidel takes us on an astounding journey along a modern-day underground railroad that stretches from Istanbul to Paris.  In this groundbreaking...

Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States (Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista #13)

de Timothy J. Henderson

Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States details the origins and evolution of the movement of people from Mexico into the United States from the first significant flow across the border...

The Lochaber Emigrants to Glengarry

de R.B. Fleming

For anyone interested in the history of the Scottish people, in Scotland and North America, this book is essential reading. In Canada and the United States today there are tens of thousands of descendants of...

Forest Gate

de Peter Akinti

A shattering, poetic and raw first novel set among young Somalian refugees in the slums of London -- beginning with a double suicide and ending with a rebirth.

In a community where poverty is kept close and...

Jackson Heights Chronicles: When Crossing the Border Isn't Enough

de Orlando Tobon

From his small travel agency tucked away in an area of New York City known as Little Colombia, the "Godfather of Jackson Heights" does far more than make travel arrangements. Fernando Padrón is a social service...

The Road to Home: My Life and Times

de Vartan Gregorian

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America

de Helen Thorpe

A powerful and moving account of four young women from Mexico who have lived most of their lives in the United States and attend the same high school. Two of them have legal documentation and two do not. Just...

Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders

de Jason L. Riley

A conservative columnist makes an eye-opening case for why immigration improves the lives of Americans and is important for the future of the country

Separating fact from myth in today’s heated immigration...

From Every End of This Earth

de Steven V. Roberts

New York Times bestselling author Steven V. Roberts follows the stories of thirteen families in this poignant, eye-opening look at immigration in America today.

America is a nation of immigrants. But what does...

Chinese Americans and Their Immigrant Parents: Conflict, Identity, and Values

de Terry S Trepper & May Tung

Based on culture-related themes derived from the author's psychotherapeutic work with young Chinese-American professionals, this important book relates personal problems and conditions to specific sources in...

To the Ends of the Earth: Northern Soul and Southern Nights in Western Australia

de Paul Mercieca, Anne Chapman & Marnie O'Neill

Northern Soul is a cultural phenomenon twice removed from its original source in Britain in the late 1960s. By giving voice to the members of this scene, this book explores theories about how identity and cultural...

Right to DREAM: Immigration Reform and America's Future

de William A. Schwab

Right to DREAM makes a compelling argument for the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform.

Migration-Trust Networks: Social Cohesion in Mexican Us-Bound Emigration

de Nadia Yamel Flores-Yeffal

In an important new application of sociological theories, Nadia Y. Flores-Yeffal offers fresh insights into the ways in which social networks function among immigrants who arrive in the United States from Mexico...

To Sin Against Hope: How America Has Failed Its Immigrants: A Personal History

de Alfredo Gutierrez

A moving life story from a leading voice in America's immigrant rights struggle.Alfredo Gutierrez’s father, a US citizen, was deported to Mexico from his Arizona hometown—the mining town where Alfredo grew...

Mental Health Care for New Hispanic Immigrants: Innovative Approaches in Contemporary Clinical Practice

de Marcia Finlayson, Manny J Gonzalez & Gladys M Gonzalez-Ramos

Save time—inform your clinical planning with core knowledge and tips offered from experienced clinicians!

While many Hispanic groups have lived in the mainland United States for years, there now is a growth...

The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands

de Margaret Regan

Dispatches from Arizona—the front line of a massive human migration—including the voices of migrants, Border Patrol, ranchers, activists, and others

For the last decade, Margaret Regan has reported on...

Living "Illegal": The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration

de Marie Friedmann Marquardt, Timothy J Steigenga & Philip J. Williams

In June 2012, President Obama’s executive order enforcing parts of the Dream Act and the Supreme Court’s decision to block components of Arizona’s draconian immigration law propelled the immigration debate...