Emigration category: 2215 books
by Patrick Kingsley
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Named One of NPR's Best Books of 2017
In the humane tradition of Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers comes a searing account of the international refugee crisis.
On the day of his son’s fourteenth birthday, Hashem al-Souki lay somewhere in the Mediterranean, crammed in a wooden...
Uncle Swami
South Asians in America Today
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Within hours of the attacks on the World Trade Center, misdirected assaults on Sikhs and other South Asians flared on streets across the nation, serving as harbingers of a more suspicious, less discerning, and increasingly fearful world view that would drastically change ideas of belonging and acceptance...
by Maximiliano E. Korstanje
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
This book explores how the contemporary threat of terrorism is eroding the concept of hospitality in the West. Going beyond the immediate effects of terrorism that are daily portrayed in the media and have shaped the foreign policy agenda of politicians in Europe and the US, this study explores the...
The Death of Josseline
Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
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 the escalating chaos along the Arizona-Mexico border, ground zero for immigration since 2000....
by Anand Giridharadas
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
"Gives you new eyes on your nation, makes you wonder about both the recent South Asian immigrant behind the counter at the food mart and the tattooed white man behind you in line. It reminds you that there are some Americas where mercy flows freely, and other Americas where it has turned to ice."...
When Your Voice Tastes Like Home
Immigrant Women Write
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
The women arrive here from everywhere -- Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. They come from diverse traditions, cultures and histories. They speak a world of languages. This collection features the writing of women who have come to North America in se
Immigration
Tough Questions, Direct Answers
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2014
Granted the Digital Book World QED Seal for quality in ebook design How can we be sure terrorists aren't entering our country? What does it mean to be a citizen? Do immigrants help or hurt the economy? What's wrong with calling someone an illegal immigrant? In this Skeptic's Guide™ Dale Hanson Bourke...
Canada
A Nation in Motion
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Canada a Nation in Motion is a bold look at issues facing Canada today from the perspective of a Canadian who truly understands the issues. In his special blend of analysis, humor and wit, Samy Appadurai offers up an intelligent discussion of issues ranging from the history of immigration in Canada,...
Chop Suey, USA
The Story of Chinese Food in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
American diners began to flock to Chinese restaurants more than a century ago, making Chinese food the first mass-consumed cuisine in the United States. By 1980, it had become the country's most popular ethnic cuisine. Chop Suey, USA offers the first comprehensive interpretation of the rise of Chinese...
by Sam Quinones
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015
This is journalist Sam Quinones' classic collection of nonfiction tales about Mexican immigrants, the border, and more.A dazzling follow-up to his cult classic, True Tales from Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino and the Bronx.The stories begin with a tale that could have...
Border Patrol Nation
Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
The New York Times recently observed that with the massive influx of undocumented immigrants from Latin America, every town in the US has become a border town, and with it, the whole of the nation is increasingly influenced by the armed authoritarianism of the US Border Patrol, characterized not by...
The Colonias Reader
Economy, Housing and Public Health in U.S.-Mexico Border Colonias
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
The colonias of the U.S.–Mexico border form a loose network of more than 2,500 settlements, ranging in size from villages to cities, that are home to over a million people. While varying in size, all share common features: wrenching poverty, substandard housing, and public health issues approaching...
Underground America
Narratives of Undocumented Lives
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Millions of undocumented immigrants live in the United States under constant threat of imprisonment or deportation. They survive underground, with little protection from exploitation by human smugglers, employers, or law enforcement. Underground America presents the remarkable oral histories of men...
The Wind Doesn't Need a Passport
Stories from the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Award-winning journalist Tyche Hendricks has explored the U.S.-Mexico borderlands by car and by foot, on horseback, and in the back of a pickup truck. She has shared meals with border residents, listened to their stories, and visited their homes, churches, hospitals, farms, and jails. In this dazzling...