Books by David W. Haines

An introduction to the United States as a nation of immigrants and to the full complexities, challenges, and triumphs of the lives of those immigrants. Evokes both the United States experience and the implications of human mobility in an interconnected world.

?Refugees in the United States is a comprehensive study whose purpose is to provide information on a growing segment of our population for serious students of the subject as well as for the general reader. The content of the book is far more extensive than the title suggests, providing background on the history of each refugee group's homeland... The first section provides a general overview of the refugee program, the initial adjustments refugees have to make in this country, and their gradual move toward integration into American society. Each of the three chapters in this section is followed by an extensive list of references for further study. The second section deals with individual refugee groups: Chinese from Southeast Asia, Cubans, Haitians, Hmong, Khmer, Lao, Salvadorans and Guatemalans, Soviet Jews, and Vietnamese. Although each chapter is authored by a different specialist, the scope and format of all chapters are similar, giving historical background, reasons for the exodus, cultural and socioeconomic adjustment to life in the U.S., and extensive bibliographies. The book ends with a 21-page, selective annotated guide to the literature and a detailed index. As stated in the Preface, more than 1.5 million refugees have come here in the last 25 years. In view of these numbers and the almost certain fact that the trend will continue, many library patrons will want information on this topic. This book provides it, well researched and clearly written, for the student and also for the citizen who seeks heightened awareness of refugee issues.?-Reference Books Bulletin

This text introduces students to the main groups of refugees in America. Refugees are a special category of people who are admitted to this country for humanitarian reasons, have suffered greatly before getting here, and are resettled through an impressive combination of public and private resources.

An examination of the interaction of immigrants and native-born people in the USA. It offers insight into the dynamics of these interactions at the local level while simultaneously sketching the shape of an America that is both changing and recreating its past.

Covering the full range of illegal immigrants from Mexican border crossers to Central American refugees, illegal Europeans, and smuggled Chinese, the book considers the kind of work the migrants do and the public response to them.

This volume introduces the reader to an important set of newcomers to America. Each chapter examines the cultural and social context from which the refugees came, traces their initial and long-term encounters with American society, and assesses their future prospects.