Emigration category: 2215 books

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Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017

To many, English immigrants contributed nothing substantial to the varied palette of ethnicity in North America. While there is wide recognition of German American, French American, African American, and Native American cultures, discussion of English Americans as a distinct ethnic group is rare....
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Other Immigrants

The Global Origins of the American People

by David Reimers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005

Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians represent three of every four immigrants who arrived in the United States after 1970. Yet despite their large numbers and long history of movement to America, non-Europeans are conspicuously absent from many books about immigration. In Other Immigrants, David M. Reimers...
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Encountering Ellis Island

How European Immigrants Entered America

by Ronald H. Bayor
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014

America is famously known as a nation of immigrants. Millions of Europeans journeyed to the United States in the peak years of 1892–1924, and Ellis Island, New York, is where the great majority landed. Ellis Island opened in 1892 with the goal of placing immigration under the control of the federal...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014

Revisiting Iris Marion Young on Normalisation, Inclusion and Democracy presents an innovative collection of politically and theoretically inspiring papers by feminist, queer and postcolonial writers. All authors engage with Young's politics of cultural difference and a 'politics of positional difference' read against her critique of normalisation.
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10 Million to 1

Refugee Resettlement – a How-To Guide

by Jeffrey Kirk
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011

They are coming. Who? Refugees. Every year, the President and Congress determine the arrival quota, the small percentage of refugees who will have a chance to start a new life in the United States during that year. But just because theyre coming does not mean they are somehow lucky or that...
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European Immigration

A Sourcebook

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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017

Who are Europe's immigrants? This innovative volume provides a comprehensive overview of the immigration situation in all 25 EU countries. Each chapter is written by an expert and follows a common structure, allowing direct comparisons to be made between countries. Chapters provide a clear focus in...
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The Law that Changed the Face of America

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

by Margaret Sands Orchowski
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

The year 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1965—a landmark decision that made the United States the diverse nation it is today. In The Law that Changed the Face of America, congressional journalist and immigration expert Margaret Sands...
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by Ingrid Palmary
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017

This book analyzes the intersections of gender, sexuality and migration in the South African context. It takes the form of a series of empirically-informed reflections on the ways that these issues have come together, and analyses the place that South Africa holds in increasingly global, and globally...
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Fleeing Homophobia

Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Asylum

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Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013

Each year, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers apply for asylum in EU Member States.This book considers the position of LGBTI asylum seekers in European asylum law. Developing an encompassing approach to the topic, the book identifies and analyzes the...
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Reinventing Mutual Recognition Arrangements

Lessons from International Experiences and Insights for the ASEAN Region

by Dovelyn Rannveig Mendoza, Demetrios Demetrios, Maria Vincenza Desiderio
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017

Governments and nonstate actors around the world have signed mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs), but while most of them share the goals of streamlining the recognition of foreign workers' qualifications and boosting labor mobility, the MRAs vary considerably. Implementation challenges faced in...
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Asylum - A Right Denied

A Critical Analysis of European Asylum Policy

by Helen O'Nions
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016

In recent decades, asylum has emerged as a highly politicized European issue. The term ’asylum seeker’ has suffered a negative perception and has been associated with notions of illegality and criminality in mainstream media. These misconceptions have been supported by politicians as a distraction...
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Property, Labour and Legal Regulation

Dignity or Dependence?

by Mark Findlay
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015

In this revealing comparative study, Mark Findlay examines the problematic nexus between undervalued labour and vulnerable migration status in dis-embedded markets. It highlights the frustrations raised by timeless regulatory failure and the chronic complicity of private property arrangements in delivering...
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by Anneke Smit
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012

First published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Diasporas and Homeland Conflicts

A Comparative Perspective

by Bahar Baser
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016

As violent conflicts become increasingly intra-state rather than inter-state, international migration has rendered them increasingly transnational, as protagonists from each side find themselves in new countries of residence. In spite of leaving their homeland, the grievances and grudges that existed...
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