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The Devil's Highway
by Luis Alberto Urrea  
Powells.com Staff Pick In May 2001, in an area called the Devil's Highway, twenty-six illegal immigrants struggled across the desert border into the U.S. Most of them died in their effort. Using this tragedy to illustrate the fate of many immigrants, Urrea sheds light on...
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Enrique's Journey (06 Edition)
by Sonia Nazario Publisher Comments In this astonishing true story, award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario recounts the unforgettable odyssey of a Honduran boy who braves unimaginable hardship and peril to reach his mother in the United States. When Enrique is five years old, his mother...
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Devil's Highway : True Story (04 Edition)
by Luis Alberto Urrea Synopsis "Superb . . . Nothing less than a saga on the scale of the Exodus and an ordeal as heartbreaking as the Passion . . . The book comes vividly alive with a richness of language and a mastery of narrative detail that only the most gifted of writers are able...
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Immigrants (07 Edition)
by Legrain Synopsis Immigration divides our globalizing world like no other issue. We are swamped by illegal immigrants and infiltrated by terrorists, our jobs stolen, our welfare system abused, our way of life destroyed--or so we are told. At a time when National Guard...
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Inner World of the Immigrant Child (95 Edition)
by Cristina Igoa Publisher Comments This powerful book tells the story of one teacher's odyssey to understand the inner world of immigrant children, and to create a learning environment that is responsive to these students' feelings and their needs. Featuring the voices and artwork of many...
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Coming to America (Second Edition): A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life
by Roger Daniels Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-491) and index....
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The World of Mexican Migrants: The Rock and the Hard Place
by Judith Adle Hellman Publisher Comments By the acclaimed author of the bestselling Mexican Lives, a surprising, behind-the-headlines look at the lives of Mexican migrants, in the tradition of Oscar Lewis's classic Five Families "Either you work, or you work. Those are the two choices!"—...
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Impossible Subjects
by Mae M. Ngai Synopsis This book traces the origins of the illegal alien in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy--a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race...
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Keeping Out the Other: A Critical Introduction to Immigration Enforcement Today
by David Brotherton Publisher Comments America's reputation for open immigration has always been accompanied by a desire to remove or discourage the migration of undesirables. But recent restrictions placed on immigrants, along with an increase in detentions and deportations, point to a more...
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International Migration in Europe: Data, Models and Estimates
by James (edt) Raymer Publisher Comments At present there is no unified treatment, drawing together models to allow a consistent and reliable set of migration flows, across countries. This text seeks to do exactly that, potentially improving policies, planning and understanding about migration...
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His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S.
by Geraldo Rivera Synopsis A rare, unflinching look at one of todayas most important issuesafrom one of todayas most well-known journalists. In this insightful, well-researched book, Peabody and EmmyA(R) Award-winning journalist Geraldo Rivera examines the growth of the Hispanic...
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By the Lake of Sleeping Children
by Luis Alberto Urrea Synopsis Luis Alberto Urrea's first book, Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border, was a haunting and unprecedented look at what life is like for those living on the Mexican side of the border, eking out only the barest of lives not far from...
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They Take Our Jobs!: And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
by Aviva Chomsky Publisher Comments Claims that immigrants take Americans' jobs, are a drain on the American economy, contribute to poverty and inequality, destroy the social fabric, challenge American identity, and contribute to a host of social ills by their very existence are openly...
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Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White
by David R Roediger Publisher Comments At the vanguard of the study of race and labor in American history, David Roediger is one of the most highly respected scholars in his field. He is also the author of the now-classic The Wages of Whiteness, a study of racism in the development of a white...
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Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wangstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America
by Bakari Kitwana Publisher Comments In this bold bombshell of a book, Bakari Kitwana argues that hip hop has broken down more racial barriers than any other social development of the past three decades. Our national conversation about race is ludicrously out of date. Hip hop is the key...
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Two Wands, One Nation: An Essay on Race and Community in America
by Richard D. Lamm Synopsis Minority underperformance is an unfortunate reality of American society, as indicated by various statistical and social indicators. However, when it comes to discussing the problem, we have no common vocabulary, and the explanation often turns to racism...
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Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
by Juan Gonzalez Publisher Comments Within the next decade, Hispanics will become the largest minority group in the United States. The new immigrants have ignited a vibrant Latin explosion in popular culture and deeply affected American society. Spanning 500 years-from the first New World...
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Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society
by Carola Suarez-orozco Publisher Comments One child in five in America is the child of immigrants, and their numbers increase each year. Very few will return to the country they barely remember. Who are they, and what America do they know? Based on an extraordinary interdisciplinary study that...
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Hispanic Condition : the Future Power of a People (Rev 01 Edition)
by Ilan Stavans Publisher Comments “ A landmark study that explores with defiance and originality the convoluted Latino identity.”...
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Dying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History
by Jorge Ramos Publisher Comments From Emmy award winning journalist and bestandndash;selling author, comes a gripping narrative account of the tragic deaths of 19 immigrants in Texas as they tried to make their way across the Mexicanandndash;American border, and the 25 year old female...
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