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1 online resource (xvi, 220 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Refugees and America : moral commitments and practical challenges -- A new land : loss, hope and an uncertain future -- Perfectly American : constructing the refugee experience -- Ethnicity's shadows : dilemmas of identity -- Binding the generations : households and refugee adaptation -- The logic of resettlement policy : English and self-sufficiency -- Refuge in America. |
| Summary |
The notion of America as land of refuge is vital to American civic consciousness yet over the past seventy years the country has had a complicated and sometimes erratic relationship with its refugee populations. Attitudes and actions toward refugees from the government, voluntary organizations, and the general public have ranged from acceptance to rejection; from well-wrought program efforts to botched policy decisions. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary and historical material, and based on the author's three-decade experience in refugee research and policy, Safe Haven? provides an integ. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Refugees -- United States -- History.
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Refugees. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Immigrants -- United States -- History.
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Immigrants. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Haines, David W. Safe haven? Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2010 9781565493315 (DLC) 2010011829 (OCoLC)587117372 |
| ISBN |
9781565493940 (electronic book) |
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156549394X (electronic book) |
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9781565493315 |
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1565493311 |
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9781565493322 |
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156549332X |
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