TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vigdor,Jacob L.
TI  - From immigrants to Americans: the rise and fall of fitting in 
SN  - 1442201363 : HRD
AV  - JV6450 .V54 2009
U1  - 305.9/069120973 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - United States
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Americanization
KW  - Assimilation (Sociology)
KW  - Emigration and immigration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; An immigrant's decision -- A historical overview of immigration to the United States -- Fitting in economically -- Fitting in linguistically -- Fitting in officially -- Fitting into the neighborhood -- Joining the family -- Conclusion
N2  - Vigdor offers a comprehensive analysis of American immigrants, spanning the period from 1850 to today. He shows how the varying economic situations immigrants come from have always played an important role in their assimilation
ER  -