Integrating newcomers and minorities into the social fabric of receiving countries has become one of the crucial challenges of contemporary Western societies. This volume seeks to understand patterns of changing institutional practices where the challenges of including cultural …
"The concept of sanctuary - giving refuge to the threatened, vulnerable stranger - is universal and older than human society. From its origins in primate populations, to its elaboration in ancient religious traditions, to the modern legal institution of asylum, Linda Rabben tel…
"Border Odyssey takes us on a drive toward understanding the U.S./Mexico divide: all 1,969 miles -- from Boca Chica to Tijuana -- pressing on with the useful fiction of a map ... Along the journey, five centuries of cultural history (indigenous, French, Spanish, Mexican, African…
"In an increasingly globalised society, language can not only be a source of difference, but also of inequality. People are judged by their spoken and written expression, and those who don't adhere to the linguistic norms of a society may find themselves at a disadvantage." "Jan…
Catholicism has grown from a suppressed and persecuted outsiders' religion in the American colonies to become the nation's single largest denomination. James Fisher surveys more than four centuries of Catholics' involvement in American history, starting his narrative with one of…
"The rise of commercialized leisure coincided with the arrival of millions of immigrants to America's cities. Conflict was inevitable as older generations attempted to preserve their traditions, values, and ethnic identities, while the young sought out the cheap amusements and s…
The worlds that anarchists left behind, the worlds in which they lived, and the worlds they strove to create.
From the 1880s through the 1940s, tens of thousands of first- and second-generation immigrants embraced the anarchist cause after arriving on American shores. Kenyon Zimmer explores why these migrants turned to anarchism, and how their adoption of its ideology shaped their ident…
