Over the last quarter century, no other city like Miami has rapidly transformed into a global city. <I>The Global Edge</I> charts the social tensions and unexpected consequences of this remarkable process of change. Acting as a follow-up to the highly successful <I>City on the Edge, The Global Edge</I> examines Miami in the context of globalization and scrutinizes its newfound place as a major international city. Written by two well-known scholars in the field,...
This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of <I>Immigrant America: A Portrait</I> provides readers with a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume.<BR /><BR /> Updated with the latest available data, <I>Immigrant America</I> explores the economic, political, spatial, and linguistic aspects of immigration; the role of religion in the acculturation and social integration of foreign minorities; and the...
Much like the United States, the countries of Western Europe have experienced massive immigration in the last three decades. Spain, in particular, has been transformed from an immigrant-exporting country to one receiving hundreds of thousands of new immigrants. Today, almost 13 percent of the country’s population is foreign-born.<I> Spanish Legacies</I>, written by internationally known experts on immigration, explores how the children of immigrants—the second...
