Writing Immigration: Scholars and Journalists in Dialogue
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco
Abstract
This book presents a unique interplay of leading scholars and journalists working on the contentious topic of immigration. The chapters reflect on how hard it is to write about one of the defining issues of our time—one that is at once local and global, familiar and uncanny, concrete and abstract. Highlighting and framing central questions surrounding immigration, the book explores topics including illegal immigration, state and federal mechanisms for immigration regulation, enduring myths and fallacies regarding immigration, immigration and the economy, immigration and education, the adaptati ... More
This book presents a unique interplay of leading scholars and journalists working on the contentious topic of immigration. The chapters reflect on how hard it is to write about one of the defining issues of our time—one that is at once local and global, familiar and uncanny, concrete and abstract. Highlighting and framing central questions surrounding immigration, the book explores topics including illegal immigration, state and federal mechanisms for immigration regulation, enduring myths and fallacies regarding immigration, immigration and the economy, immigration and education, the adaptations of the second generation, and more. Together, these chapters give a clear sense of the ways in which scholars and journalists enter, shape, and sometimes transform this essential yet unfinished national conversation.
Keywords:
immigration,
illegal immigration,
state mechanisms,
federal mechanisms,
immigration regulation,
myths,
economy,
education,
second generation
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2011 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780520267176 |
| Published to California Scholarship Online: March 2012 |
DOI:10.1525/california/9780520267176.001.0001 |
