ebooks Contemporary Turkey in Conflict: Ethnicity; Islam and Politics by Tahir Abbas in History

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“An incisive look at immigration; assimilation; and national identity” (Kirkus Reviews) and the landmark immigration law that transformed the face of the nation more than fifty years ago; as told through the stories of immigrant families in one suburban county in Virginia.In the years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act; the foreign-born population of the United States has tripled. Americans today are vastly more diverse than ever. They look different; speak different languages; practice different religions; eat different foods; and enjoy different cultures. In 1950; Fairfax County; Virginia; was ninety percent white; ten percent African-American; with a little more than one hundred families who were “other.” Currently the Anglo white population is less than fifty percent; and there are families of Asian; African; Middle Eastern; and Latin American origin living all over the county. “In A Nation of Nations; National Public Radio correspondent Tom Gjelten brings these changes to life” (The Wall Street Journal); following a few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually “Americanize.” Hailing from Korea; Bolivia; and Libya; the families included illustrate common immigrant themes: friction between minorities; economic competition and entrepreneurship; and racial and cultural stereotyping. It’s been half a century since the Immigration and Nationality Act changed the landscape of America; and no book has assessed the impact or importance of this law as A Nation of Nations. With these “powerful human stories…Gjelten has produced a compelling and informative account of the impact of the 1965 reforms; one that is indispensable reading at a time when anti-immigrant demagoguery has again found its way onto the main stage of political discourse” (The Washington Post).