Author: Nancy Foner File Type: pdf 2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title!According to the 2000 census, more than 10% of U.S. residents were foreign born together with their American-born children, this group constitutes one fifth of the nations population. What does this mass immigration mean for America? Leading immigration studies scholar, Nancy Foner, answers this question in her study of comparative immigration. Drawing on the rich history of American immigrants and current statistical and ethnographic data, In a New Land compares todays new immigrants with the past influxes of Europeans to the United States and across cities and regions within the United States. Foner looks at immigration across nation-states, and over different periods of time, offering a comprehensive assessment and analysis.This original approach to the study of recent U.S. immigration focuses on race and ethnicity, gender, and transnational connections. Centering her analysis on the groups that have come through and significantly shaped New York City, Foner compares todays Latin American, Asian, and Caribbean newcomers with eastern and southern European immigrants a century ago and with immigrants in other major U.S. cities. Looking beyond the United States, Foner compares West Indian immigrants in New York with those in London. And, more generally, the book views the process of immigrants integration in New York against other recent immigrant destinations in Europe.Drawing on a wealth of historical and contemporary research, and written in a clear and lively style, In a New Land provides fresh insights into the dynamics of immigration today and the implications for where we are headed in the future.ReviewThis book should be both a pleasure to read for both those who are immersed in the study of immigration and those less versed in the history and dynamics of these movements. For the latter, In a New Land will provide an excellent and thought provoking introduction. For the former . . . the book will stimulate thought about how to better understand this complex process.-Douglas Gurak,Anthropology and Education Quarterly[A] highly valuable contribution to the field. Both historians and sociologists studying immigration will want to read this book.-Deirdre M. Moloney,George Mason UniversityThis important and timely book encompasses a great deal. . . . Foners definition of race in the 21st century is invaluable.-Choice,Excellent reading for anyone interested in ethnicity, race, and immigration patterns and policies.-Bryan Thompson,Journal of American HistoryFoner does social science a great service, revealing . . . how immigration functions in other contexts, past and present, and in so doing unveiling the peculiarities of the United States as an immigrant-receiving society.-Douglas Massey,ContextsAbout the AuthorNancy Foner is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the author of numerous books, including In a New Land (NYU Press). She is the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Career Award given by the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association.