Books in the Nation of Nations series

Reveals the complex and at times contradictory cultural and political processes through which Arabness is forged in the contemporary United States

Offers multiethnic and multidisciplinary perspectives on the challenges confronting immigrants adapting to a new society. This work includes essays that analyze contemporary issues facing Muslim newcomers in the wake of September 11, 2001.

Exploring the cultural production of second-generation Caribbean immigrants in the US after WWII, as a prism for understanding the formation of Caribbean American identity, this book contributes to the studies of twentieth century US immigration, African American and Afro-Caribbean history and literature, and theories of ethnicity and race.

"Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso.

Traces the evolution of "Irish" as a race-based identity in the U.S. from the 19th century to the present day.

Investigates the meaning of American citizenship and the place of Islam in a global age.

Tells the story of the much overlooked experience of first and second generation West African immigrants and refugees in the United States during the last forty years.

Unveils a fresh perspective on the continually evolving relationship between the U.S. and Latin America

Explores the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine

Argues that the demands for personhood for those who, in the eyes of society, have little value, depend on capitalist and hetero-patriarchal measures of worth

Explores the relationship between Filipinos and the US by looking at the politics of immigration, race, and citizenship on both sides of the Philippine-American. This book reveals how American practices of racial exclusion repeatedly collided with the imperatives of US overseas expansion.

Explores how Asian Americans figured in the effort to shape the credibility of American democracy during the Cold War, even while their perceived "foreignness" cast them as likely alien subversives

Examines the surprising place and implications of the immigrant and of ethnic writing in American literature

Investigates how the politics of immigration, health care, and welfare are intertwined

Explores how the history of US citizenship has positioned Asian Americans and African Americans in interlocking socio-political relationships since the mid nineteenth century.

Offers multiethnic and multidisciplinary perspectives on the challenges confronting immigrants adapting to a new society. This work also includes essays that analyze contemporary issues facing Muslim newcomers in the wake of September 11, 2001.

Looks at the relationship between American immigrants and the popular culture industry in the 20th century. Using case studies, this book shows how specific trends in popular culture have their roots in the complex socio-political nature of immigration in America. It offers an introduction to the major approaches to the study of popular culture.

Contending that the media has become the primary vehicle of Italian sensibilities, this book explores a series of books, movies, paintings, and records in ten dramatic vignettes.

Places migrants at the centre of pressing concerns, contending that border crossers have long been vital to social change

Examines the ways in which questions of immigrant rights engage broader issues of identity, including gender, race, and sexuality

Illustrates how the operation of globalization enforces notions of women's domesticity and creates contradictory messages about women's place in society

Presents an ethnographic study of China/US adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program. This book also follows the path of the adoption process: the institutions in both China and the US that prepare children and parents for each other; the practices that legitimate them coming together as transnational families; and more.

"Returns of War" critically examines the Vietnam War and its implications for the lives and memories of Vietnamese refugees in the U.S."--

Through moving oral histories, Ji-Yeon Yuh tells an important, at times heartbreaking, story of Korean military brides. She takes us beyond the stereotypes and reveals their roles within their families, communities, and Korean immigration to the U.S.