America's Americans: Population Issues in U.S. Society and Politics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900039796 ISBN 13: 9781900039796

Publisher: Institute of Latin American Studies, 2007

Synopsis

This book examines the social, cultural, economic, and political effects of modern demographic change in the United States. The contributors from the U.S. and the U.K. draw on new research to analyze a wide range of issues pertaining to the diversity of American society. Topics include: · Latino immigrant incorporation · racial and ethnic integration in metropolitan contexts · population self-determination, and Native Americans · public policy issues relating to immigration · growth of the U.S. prison population · changing nature of poverty in the United States · politics of demographic and social change at national and local levels · historical change in the labor force participation of women

About this title

About the Author:

Philip Davies is professor of American studies at De Montfort University, Leicester, and director of the British Library's Eccles Centre for American Studies. Iwan W. Morgan is professor of United States studies and deputy director of the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Institute of Latin American Studies
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1900039796
• ISBN 13: 9781900039796
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Davies Philip D., Morgan Iwan