Encyclopedias contain overviews of topics, which can include
American Immigrant Cultures by
A two-volume reference work covering non-indigenous cultural groups currently living in the USA. The work discusses the unique cultural attributes of each group, including: economic patterns, housing, religion, worldview, marriage, family and kinship, interpersonal relationships, the arts, health and illness, social and political organizations, and community institutions.
American Immigration: an Encyclopedia of Political, Social, and Cultural Change by
It traces the scope and sweep of U.S. immigration from the earliest settlements to the present, providing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to all aspects of this critically important subject. Every major immigrant group and every era in U.S. history are fully documented and examined through detailed analysis of social, legal, political, economic, and demographic factors.
Encyclopedia of American Immigration by
Thematic essays, organized in four parts: (1) immigration history; (2) immigration issues; (3) immigrant groups in America; (4) immigration documents.
Encyclopedia of Diasporas by
The encyclopedia consists of two volumes covering three main sections: Diaspora Overviews covers over 20 ethnic groups that have experienced voluntary or forced immigration. These essays discuss the history behind the social, economic, and political reasons for leaving the original countries, and the cultures in the new places; Topics discusses the impact and assimilation that the immigrant cultures experience in their adopted cultures, including the arts they bring, the struggles they face, and some of the cities that are in the forefront of receiving immigrant cultures; Diaspora Communities include over 60 portraits of specific diaspora communities. Each portrait follows a standard outline to facilitate comparisons. The Encyclopedia of Diasporas can be used both to gain a general understanding of immigration and immigrants, and to find out about particular cultures, topics and communities. It will prove of great value to researchers and students, curriculum developers, teachers, and government officials. It brings together the disciplines of anthropology, social studies, political studies, international studies, and immigrant and immigration studies.
Multicultural America: an encyclopedia of the newest Americans by
This encyclopedia contains 50 thorough profiles of the most numerically significant immigrant groups now making their homes in the United States, telling the story of our newest immigrants and introducing them to their fellow Americans.
