Illness and Power

Women's Mental Disorders and the Battle Between the Sexes

Author: Brant Wenegrat
ISBN: 9780814792827

2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title! According to the 2000 census, more than 10% of U.S. residents were foreign born; together with their American-born children, this group constitutes one fifth of the nation's population. What does this mass immigration mean for America? Leading immigration studies scholar, Nancy Foner, answers this question in her study of comparative immigration. Drawing on the rich history of American immigrants and current statistical and ethnographic data, In a New Land compares today’s new immigrants with the past influxes of Europeans to the United States and across cities and regions within the United States. Foner looks at immigration across nation-states, and over different periods of time, offering a comprehensive assessment and analysis. This original approach to the study of recent U.S. immigration focuses on race and ethnicity, gender, and transnational connections. Centering her analysis on the groups that have come through and significantly shaped

Publisher: NYU Press
Publish Date: 1995-03-01

Subjects: Health & Fitness / Women's Health, Psychology / Psychopathology / General, Psychology / Social Psychology, Social Science / Sociology / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Psychology/Emotional Health)