The New Americans Series


	Edited by Steven J. Gold and Ruben G. Rumbaut The New Americans explores recent immigration and related changes in American society from the perspectives of sociology, anthropology, education, political science, psychology, economics, history, and law. Together the books help us to understand how immigration is changing the United States. Each title is refereed by Professors Gold and Rumbaut.

		Asian American Assimilation: Ethnicity, Immigration, and Socioeconomic Attainment
		C. N. Le
			Le broadens the idea of assimilation to include socioeconomic and institutional examples of integration by analyzing outcomes such as income, occupational prestige, small business ownership, residential segregation, and intermarriage for five Asian American groups, with an emphasis on Vietnamese More...
		Asian American Evangelical Churches: Race, Ethnicity, and Assimilation in the Second Generation
		Antony W. Alumkal
			Alumkal finds that the religious beliefs of second-generation Chinese and Korean American evangelical are indistinguishable from their white counterparts, but that Asian Americans still see their churches as an affirmation of ethnic identity. More...
		Becoming American, Remaining Ethnic: The Case of Armenian-Americans in Central California
		Matthew A. Jendian
			Jendian provides a snapshot of the oldest Armenian community in the western United States. His work explores the processes of assimilation and ethnicity across four generations and examines forms of ethnic identity and intermarriage. More...
		Beyond the Immigrant Enclave: Network Change and Assimilation
		Susan Wierzbicki
			Wierzbicki's work shows that even when immigrants settle outside ethnic enclaves, their social networks remain in the ethnic community. More...
		Bi-Cultural Competence and Academic Resilience among Immigrants
		Rosalva Vega Vargas-Reighley
			Vargas-Reighley's work with Latina/o and Southeast Asian immigrant youth, explores variants between the groups and different strategies for coping socially and academically. More...
		Brazilian Immigrants in the United States: Cultural Imperialism and Social Class
		Bernadete Beserra
			Beserra's work examines both the attraction of American culture for Brazilians and also how Brazilian immigrants of different social and economic classes integrate into American society. More...
		Bridges and Barriers: Earnings and Occupational Attainment among Immigrants
		Jennifer Karas
			Exploring income and occupational status among recent immigrants, Karas finds marked differences based on national origin. More...
		Buddhist and Protestant Korean Immigrants: Religious Beliefs and Socioeconomic Aspects of Life
		Okyun Kwon
			Kwon discusses the role of religion in assimilation among Korean Buddhists and Protestants, finding that non-religious variables play a greater role and that religion can be a barrier to assimilation. More...
		Chain Migration Explained: The Power of the Immigration Multiplier
		Bin Yu
			Yu has developed a straightforward method for calculating the Immigration Multiplier measuring the chain migration process.More...
		Changing Gender Roles: Brazilian Immigrant Families in the U.S.
		Sylvia Duarte Dantas DeBiaggi
			DeBiaggi studies the effect of immigration to the United States on gender roles and the marital satisfaction of recent Brazilian immigrants. More...
		Crime on the Border: Immigration and Homicide in Urban Communities
		Matthew T. Lee
			Lee finds that increased immigration is not directly related to increased homicide. Instead immigrants seem to play a positive role in creating social cohesion. More...
		Cultural Adaptation of Somali Refugee Youth
		Raynel M. Shepard
			Shepard explores the cultural adaptation of a group of Somali refugee youths in a public urban high school. More...
		Culture, Class, and Work among Arab-American Women
		Jen'nan Ghazal Read
			Read's work shows that Arab cultural values on family life influence women's labor force decisions and contribute to low rates of labor force participation among the foreign-born. More...
		Earnings Attainment of Chinese Americans: A Multilevel Analysis
		Bibin Qin
			Studying 2000 census data on Chinese Americans in 70 metropolitan areas, Qin hypothesizes that both personal and structural characteristics operate to affect the earnings of individuals in the labor market. More...
		Educating Immigrants: Experiences of Second-Generation Iranians
		Mitra K. Shavarini
			Looking at education, Shavarini considers the cultural values of Iranian immigrants. More...
		Educational Attainment in Immigrant Families: Community Context and Family background
		Gabriella C. Gonzalez
			Gonzalez finds that children of immigrants go further in school than children of native-born parents or children of one immigrant and one native-born parent. More...
		Fertility Patterns of Native- and Foreign-Born Women: Assimilating to Diversity
		Ann Glusker
			Glusker's examination of fertility patterns of immigrant and U.S.-born women reveals that race and ethnicity play a stronger role than socio-economic and immigrant/non-immigrant status. More...
		From Immigrant to Naturalized Citizen: Political Incorporation in the United States
		Catherine Simpson Bueker
			Does naturalization inevitably lead to the ballot box, or is it a status acquired for other reasons? Do patterns vary by immigrant group? More...
		Gender Roles at Home and Abroad: The Adaptation of Bangladeshi Immigrants
		Kaari Flagstad Baluja
			Baluja's book shows how Bangladeshi immigrants maintain certain cultural and behaviors attitudes after immigration while abandoning others. More...
		Gendered Processes: Korean Immigrant Small Business Ownership
		Eunju Lee
			Lee finds that although Korean couples own businesses together, they maintain traditional gender relations. More...
		The Geography of Immigrant Labor Markets: Space, Networks, and Gender
		Virginia Parks
			Parks finds that both spatial and social accessibility matter in connecting immigrants to jobs and that gender saliently shapes immigrant labor markets. More...
		Health and Behavior among Immigrant Youth
		Hayley A. Hamilton
			Hamilton finds better mental and physical health among foreign-born than among native-born youth. More...
		Hispanic Immigrant Identity: Political Allegiance vs. Cultural Preference
		George I. Monsivais
			Monsivais explores the political and cultural allegiances of Hispanic immigrants to understand the role of both their country of origin and their adopted country in their lives. More...
		The History of Ethiopian Immigrants and Refugees in America, 1900-2000: Patterns of Migration, Survival, and Adjustment
		Solomon Addis Getahun
			Getahun studies the full diversity of Ethiopian immigrants to the U.S. and the political, religious, social, and economic reasons for their emigration. More...
		Identity Formation of Vietnamese Immigrant Youth in an American High School
		Craig Centrie
			Centrie's work explores the roles of traditional Vietnamese cultural attitudes and the immigrant or refugee experience in developing identity and cultural attitudes among Vietnamese-American high school students. More...
		Images of West Indian Immigrants in Mass Media: The Struggle for a Positive Ethnic Reputation
		Christine M. Du Bois
			Du Bois takes a case study of negative representation of West Indian immigrants in the Chesapeake region and explores its sources, development, effect, and the West Indian response. More...
		Immigrant Children and the Politics of English-Only: Views from the Classroom
		Tom Stritikus
			Stritikus examines restrictions on bilingual education in California, demonstrating complex relationships between educational practice and political and pedagogical ideaologies. More...
		Immigrant Community Services in Chinese and Vietnamese Enclaves
		Winston Tseng
			Tseng studies community based organizations within Chinese and Vietnamese enclaves. These have become fundamental urban features that local and global development cannot do without. More...
		Immigrant Education: Variations by Generation, Age-at-Immigration, and Country of Origin
		Noyna DebBurman
			DebBurman's work sorts out varying educational records among immigrants. More...
		Immigrant Integration: A Cross-National Study
		Frank van Tubergen
			Using sociology, economics, and demography, Van Tubergen discusses how the immigrant's country of origin, the immigrant community, and the receiving nation together affect incorporation. More...
		An Immigrant's Run-In with the Law: A Forensic Linguistic Analysis
		Kristina Beckman
			Beckman applies linguistic theory to a court case in which the defendent argues that his abilities in English were not sufficient to understand the law. More...
		Immigrants, Settlers, and Laborers: The Socioeconomic Transformation of a Farming Community
		Travis Du Bry
			Du Bry shows that farm laborers are reforming rural communities in California and redefining their roles in social and political participation. More...
		Immigration, Acculturation, and Health: The Mexican Diaspora
		Jill S. Reichman
			Reichman finds that first-generation immigrants learn to cope with health care quickly, no matter their background. More...
		Immigration and Crime: The Effects of Immigration on Criminal Behavior
		Jacob I. Stowell
			Stowell tests whether patterns of neighborhood-level violence are partially attributable to the population characteristics of an area, and, in particular, to its nativity composition. More...
		Iranian Immigrants in Los Angeles: The Role of Networks and Economic Integration
		Claudia Der-Martirosian
			Der-Martirosian defines immigrants' economic embeddedness in terms of the extent to which they utilize kinship and co-ethnic ties to receive and give economic help. More...
		Jamaican Immigrants in the United States and Canada: Race, Transnationalism, and Social Capital
		Terry-Ann Jones
			Jones finds that the experiences and socioeconomic progress of immigrants are largely dependent on their contexts of reception. More...
		Kinship Networks Among Hmong-American Refugees
		Julie Keown-Bomar
			Keown-Bomar focuses on Hmong-Americans to understand how refugees cope with social disruptions, flight, and relocation as well as to suggest how to develop social services for all refugees. More...
		Latino Churches: Faith, Family, and Ethnicity in the Second Generation
		Ken R. Crane
			Crane shows how Latino churches serve as a forum for maintaining Latino cultural values. More...
		Latino Families Broken by Immigration: The Adolescents' Perceptions
		Ceres I. Artico
			Artico examines the long-term effect on families of piecemeal patterns of immigration. More...
		Making Connections: A Study of Networking among Immigrant Professionals
		Ann D. Bagchi
			Bagchi is among the first to consider the importance of casual ties and professional networks in bringing skilled immigrants to the United States. More...
		Making Ends Meet: Income-Generating Strategies among Mexican Immigrants
		Socorro Torres Sarmiento
			Sarmiento examines employment strategies, family structure, and the transnational relationships involved in income-generating strategies among Mexican immigrants in Southern California. More...
		Mental Health among Taiwanese Americans: Gender, Immigration, and Transnational Struggles
		Chien-Juh Gu
			Gu examines how Taiwanese Americans' immigration background, gender, and relations in the family and workplace affect their mental health. More...
		Mexican Immigrant Parents Advocating for School Reform
		Mariolga Reyes Cruz
			Reyes Cruz describes the experiences of Mexican immigrant parents working to make public schools responsive and accountable to Latino American children and their families in a small Midwestern town. More...
		Mexican Immigrants in the Labor Market: The Strength of Strong Ties
		Maria Luisa Amado
			Amado examines the job seeking strategies of recent Mexican immigrants in Atlanta. More...
		Mexican Migrants and their Parental Households in Mexico
		Paula Fomby
			Combining work on migration and on intergenerational relations, Fomby explores the relationship between adult migrants and their parental households in Mexico. More...
		Nativism and Immigration: Regulating the American Dream
		Brian N. Fry
			Fry's research underscores the importance of institutionalized boundaries, the perception of threat, and power relations in negotiating questions of immigrant admittance and membership. More...
		The Occupational Attainment of Caribbean Immigrants in the United States, Canada, and England
		Melonie P. Heron
			Heron explores, in three distinct national contexts, how the occupational rewards of education vary by social group. More...
		The Politics of Citizenship of Mexican Migrants
		Alejandra Castaneda
			Castaneda examines how citizenship develops from the migrants� everyday actions in their new country. More...
		Recruiting Hispanic Labor: Immigrants in Non-Traditional Areas
		Karen D. Johnson-Webb
			Johnson-Webb explores how Hispanic laborers have come in large numbers to urban areas of North Carolina. She examines the roles of active recruitment and the local context. More...
		The Remittance Behavior of Immigrant Households: Micronesians in Hawaii and Guam
		Elizabeth M. Grieco
			Grieco's work examines for the remittance behavior of migrants is linked to the families' reunification process. More...
		Russian Immigrants in the United States: Adapting to American Culture
		Vera Kishinevsky
			Kishinevsky's study surveys the acculturation of and response to American culture by three generations of Russian immigrant women. More...
		Skilled Immigrant and Native Workers in the United States: The Economic Competition Debate and Beyond
		Jeanne Batalova
			Batalova examines how the presence of skilled immigrants impacts the earnings of men and women, native born and immigrant. More...
		Social Determinants of Immigrant Selection: The United States, Canada, and Australia
		Yukio Kawano
			Kawano argues that immigrants' mobility decisions determine only a part of their labor market quality and that social factors play significant roles in determining their positive or negative selection. More...
		Transnational Messages: Experiences of Chinese and Mexican Immigrants in American Schools
		Carmina Brittain
			Brittain's unique work focuses on the perceptions of American schools held by Chinese and Mexican immigrant children as their views are constructed, reproduced, and changed over time through interactions with other immigrants in school. More...
		Undocumented Immigrants and Higher Education: Si se puede!
		Alejandra Rincon
			Rincon reviews the struggle by undocumented immigrant students to gain access to college by paying in-state tuition rates. More...
		Unequal Origins: Immigrant Selection and the Education of the Second Generation
		Cynthia Feliciano
			Feliciano studies the educational level of immigrants compared to the norms of their home country and then explores how this affects their children in their new homeland. More...
		Uprooting Children: Mobility, Social Capital, and Mexican-American Underachievement
		Robert Ketner Ream
			Ream's work shows that student mobility, like the frequent uprooting of plants, impinges on social networks in a way that reinforces Mexican-American educational underachievement.More...
		The West Indian Diaspora: Experiences in the United States and Canada
		Alwyn D. Gilkes
			Gilkes finds that, not surprisingly, race-related factors are the major risks for immigrants to both Canada and the U.S. from the West Indies. More...