Emigration category: 2215 books
Brit(ish)
On Race, Identity and Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
The Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today
You’re British.
Your parents are British.
Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British.
So why do people keep asking where you’re from?
We...
by José Olivarez
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
“Citizen Illegal is right on time, bringing both empathy and searing critique to the fore as a nation debates the very humanity of the people who built it.” —Eve Ewing, author of Electric Arches
In this stunning debut, poet José Olivarez explores the stories, contradictions, joys, and...
Kids Like Me
Voices of the Immigrant Experience
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2006
Whether fleeing the ravages of war or coming in search of opportunities, the story of immigration remains the principal narrative of our times.
As our neighborhoods grow more diverse, a splendid variety of cultures, values and traditions become an important part of our classrooms and schools....
by Nazar
Language: German
Release Date: January 27, 2018
Language: German
Release Date: January 27, 2018
Sein Vater, der als Soldat im Golfkrieg fiel; der Vorwurf des Raubüberfalls, der wieder fallengelassen wurde; ein heftiger öffentlicher Konflikt mit FPÖ-Obmann Heinz-Christian Strache, der ihn als "Terror-Rapper" und "Islamisten-Rapper" bezeichnete; und vier Amadeus-Awards:...
Crossing Over
A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
A moving account of a family's odyssey by "one of the brightest voices of a new generation of Hispanic writers" (Washington Post)
The U.S.-Mexican border is one of the most permeable boundaries in the world, breached daily by Mexicans in search of work. Yet the migrant gambit is perilous....
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Claims that immigrants take Americans' jobs, are a drain on the American economy, contribute to poverty and inequality, destroy the social fabric, challenge American identity, and contribute to a host of social ills by their very existence are openly discussed and debated at all levels of society....
In the Country We Love
My Family Divided
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The star of Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin presents her personal story of the real plight of undocumented immigrants in this country
Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents...
An American Family
A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
This inspiring memoir by the Muslim American Gold Star father and captivating DNC speaker is the story of one family’s pursuit of the American dream.
NAMED ONE OF THE FIVE BEST MEMOIRS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST
“Moving . . . a story about family and faith, told with a poet’s...
The Dream
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
“Dreams played an important part in our lives in those early days in England. Our mother invented them for us to make up for all the things we lacked and to give us some hope for the future.”
During the hard and bitter years of his youth in England, Harry Bernstein’s selfless mother struggles...
The German Genius
Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
The German Genius is a virtuoso cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present day, by acclaimed historian Peter Watson (Making of the Modern Mind, Ideas). From Bach, Goethe, and Schopenhauer to Nietzsche, Freud, and Einstein, from the arts and humanities to science and philosophy,...
This Land Is Our Land
An Immigrant's Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
A timely argument for why the United States and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrants
There are few subjects in American life that prompt more discussion and controversy than immigration. But do we really understand it? In This Land Is Our Land, the renowned author Suketu Mehta...
Guarding the Golden Door
American Immigration Policy and Immigrants since 1882
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2005
As renowned historian Roger Daniels shows in this brilliant new work, America's inconsistent, often illogical, and always cumbersome immigration policy has profoundly affected our recent past.
The federal government's efforts to pick and choose among the multitude of immigrants seeking to enter...
Harvest of Empire
A History of Latinos in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States- thoroughly revised and updated.
The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans five centuries-from the first New World colonies to the first decade of the new millennium....
by Catherine Sager
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
In April 1844 the Sager family took part in the great westward migration and started their journey along the Oregon Trail. During it, both Henry and Naomi lost their lives and left their seven children orphaned. Later adopted by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, missionaries in what is now Washington,...