ERIC Number: ED285951
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 489
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ISBN: ISBN-0-934733-09-0
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Pacific Bridges: The New Immigration from Asia and the Pacific Islands.
Fawcett, James T., Ed.; Carino, Benjamin V., Ed.
The following papers are collected in this anthology of research on East-West international migration: (1) "International Migration and Pacific Basin Development" (James T. Fawcett and Benjamin V. Carino); (2) "The Global Picture of Contemporary Immigration Patterns" (Mary M. Kritz); (3) "One Field, Many Views: Competing Theories of International Migration" (Alejandro Portes); (4) "International Relations and Asian Migrations" (Michael S. Teitelbaum); (5) "Contrasting Patterns of Asian Refugee Movements: The Vietnamese and Afghan Syndromes" (Astri Suhrke and Frank Klink); (6) "The Changing Face of Asian Immigration to the United States" (Fred Arnold, Urmil Minocha, and James T. Fawcett); (7) "Southeast Asian Refugee Migration to the United States" (Linda W. Gordon); (8) "The Asian and Pacific Island Peoples of Australia" (Charles A. Price); (9) "New Zealand's Admission of Asians and Pacific Islanders" (Andrew D. Trlin); (10) "Asian Immigrants to Canada" (Daniel Kubat); (11) "Asian Americans: Growth and Change in the 1970s" (Peter S. Xenos, Robert W. Gardner, Herbert R. Barringer, and Michael J. Levin); (12) "The Future Asian Population of the United States" (Leon F. Bouvier and Anthony J. Agresta); (13) "The Philippines and Southeast Asia: Historical Roots and Contemporary Linkages" (Benjamin V. Carino); (14) "Korea and East Asia: Premigration Factors and U.S. Immigration Policy" (Illsoo Kim); (15) "South Asian Immigrants: Trends and Impacts on the Sending and Receiving Societies" (Urmil Minocha); (16) "Paradise Left? Pacific Island Voyagers in the Modern World" (John Connell); (17) "Impacts of Emigration on Sending Countries (Benjamin V. Carino); (18) "Documenting Immigration: A Comparison of Research on Asian and Hispanic Immigrants" (Teresa A. Sullivan); and (19) "Explaining Diversity: Asian and Pacific Immigration Systems" (James T. Fawcett and Fred Arnold). Also included in the book are 10 figures and 57 tables demonstrating immigration patterns. (KH)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Migrant Problems, Migration, Migration Patterns, Pacific Islanders, Population Trends, Refugees, Residential Patterns
Center for Migration Studies, 209 Flagg Place, Staten Island, NY 10304 ($12.95).
Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. East-West Center.; Center for Migration Studies, Inc., Staten Island, NY.
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