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Book SynopsisTakes on critics of Latina/o immigration, using government statistics, economic data, historical records, and social science research to provide a counter-narrative
Trade ReviewThis data-driven and massively documented study replaces rhetoric with analysis, myth with fact, and apocalyptic predictions with sane and realizable proposals. -- Stanley Fish,Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor, Florida International University
This outstanding book illuminates the historical, economic, political and even psychological aspects of one of the major civil rights issues of our time. Balanced, thoroughly researched and clear-eyed, this volume is sure to angerand should be readby partisans on both sides of the immigration debate. In a controversy dominated by selective presentation of evidence and oversimplification, Román brings sorely needed expertise and fair-minded analysis. -- Gabriel Chin,University of California Davis School of Law
Table of ContentsForeword Michael A. Olivas Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric 3. Empirical Data on Immigration 4. Immigration's Effects on State and Local Economies 5. The Conflicted United States-Mexico Relationship: Invitation and Exclusion 6. Sociological and Psychological Insights on Anti-Immigrant Bias 7. A Pragmatic Proposal for Immigration Reform Notes Index About the Author
