Describes the history of Texan immigration, beginning with the recruitment of new citizens by the state government from 1865 through 1879, and ending with the efforts to encourage immigration by private organizations, agencies, businesses, and individuals from 1879 through 1915.
"This book traces the formation of Italian migrant belongings in Britain, and scrutinizes the identity narratives through which they are stabilized. A key theme of this study is the constitution of identity through both movement and attachment. The study follows the Italian iden…
This book challenges generalised assumptions about ethnicity in Britain by positing that Italian identity formation cannot be understood in racial terms alone.
India Abroad analyzes the development of Indian diasporas in the United States and England from 1947, the year of Indian independence, to the present. Across different spheres of culture---festivals, entrepreneurial enclaves, fiction, autobiography, newspapers, music and film---…
India Abroad analyzes the development of Indian diasporas in the United States and England from 1947, the year of Indian independence, to the present. Across different spheres of culture---festivals, entrepreneurial enclaves, fiction, autobiography, newspapers, music and film---…
Part economic analysis, part Pacific Rim history, part flamboyant chronicle of fortunes won, lost, and won again, Lords of the Pacific Rim is a rich, engrossing, superbly researched, and spectacularly told account of who the Overseas Chinese are and how they became so powerful. …
Part economic analysis, part Pacific Rim history, part flamboyant chronicle of fortunes won, lost, and won again, Lords of the Pacific Rim is a rich, engrossing, superbly researched, and spectacularly told account of who the Overseas Chinese are and how they became so powerful. …
This book traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy--a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in t…
Cities of Strangers illuminates life in European towns and cities as it was for the settled, and for the 'strangers' or newcomers who joined them between 1000 and 1500. Some city-states enjoyed considerable autonomy which allowed them to legislate on how newcomers might settle a…
Cet ouvrage est le fruit d'un colloque international organise par le Centre d'etudes canadiennes de l'Universite Libre de Bruxelles. Il en ressort que l'impact de la presence belge au Canada n'est pas negligeable : elle se remarque surtout dans les domaines religieux, economique…
Cet ouvrage est le fruit d'un colloque international organise par le Centre d'etudes canadiennes de l'Universite Libre de Bruxelles. Il en ressort que l'impact de la presence belge au Canada n'est pas negligeable : elle se remarque surtout dans les domaines religieux, economique…
The Japanese have long regarded themselves as a homogenous nation, clearly separate from other nations. However, this long-standing view is being undermined by the present international reality of increased global population movement. This has resulted in the establishment both …
