Description
Book SynopsisImmigrant Families aims to capture the richness, complexity, and diversity that characterize contemporary immigrant families in the United States. In doing so, it reaffirms that the vast majority of people do not migrate as isolated individuals, but are members of families.
Trade Review"Comprehensive, well-researched, and clearly-written,
Immigrant Families fills a unique niche in both the fields of immigration and family literature. The authors bring wisdom, empathy, and clarity to the complex political, economic, legal, sociological, and gendered forces shaping immigrant families' lives."
Carola Suárez-Orozco, UCLA
"In
Immigrant Families, Menjivar, Abrego , and Schmalzbauer give us an excellent analysis of the factors that shape migration and family formation. They bring into focus how changing immigration laws, class, deportation practices, gender, and generation in the United States interact in the lives of immigrant families. With immigration sure to be an important part of life well into the future, Immigrant Families provides a wealth of information and analysis for a concerned public, policy-makers and students."
Leo Chavez, University of California Irvine
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Families and Immigration Law
Chapter 3: Immigrant Families and Social Class
Chapter 4: Gender and Immigrant Families
Chapter 5: Generations and Immigrant Families
Chapter 6: Institutions, Policy, and Immigrant Families
Chapter 7: Conclusion
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