{"product_id":"american-dreaming-global-realities-9780252073052","title":"American Dreaming Global Realities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores the ways in which immigrant lives are shaped by transnational bonds, globalization, family ties, and personal choice, and the ways in which they engender a sense of belonging and a sense of themselves as Americans. It considers a plurality of historical, economic, regional, familial, and cultural contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This collection . . . reflects the many achievements in historiography that have arisen since the introduction of the categories of class, gender, ethnicity, and race. . . . All [twenty-two essays] are of high quality and the annotations guide readers to further literature.\"--Dirk Hoerder, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Ethnic History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This fine collection draws together diverse works that illuminate major themes in recent immigration scholarship. . . . As this nation debates immigration policy, this collection can help us see how past policies developed and how they affected those peoples whose dreams included America.\"--\u003ci\u003eAnnals of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIowa \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Marked by a rare coherence and clarity of vision, this elegant collection is a focused attempt to come to grips with some of the thornier issues that have confronted immigration historians in the past decade: how to practice comparative history, how to reconcile historians' emphasis on nation-states with the transnationalism paradigm of social scientists, and how to make race and class meaningful analytical categories rather than tired clichés.\"--Dorothee Schneider, author of \u003ci\u003eTrade Unions and Community: The German Working Class in New York City, 1870-1900\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ruiz and Gabaccia demonstrate clearly why they are such important leaders in this field. In addition to their own fine scholarly contributions, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dreaming, Global Realities\u003c\/i\u003e presents a precise, careful, and panoramic vision of conceptual issues appropriate for a variety of audiences.\"--Nora Faires, history and women's studies, Western Michigan University","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400476565847,"sku":"9780252073052","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252073052.jpg?v=1730470780","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-dreaming-global-realities-9780252073052","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}