Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States: The View from Prince George’s County, Maryland (Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society)

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Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in america: The View from Prince George’s County, Maryland contextualizes the narratives of international migrants arriving to Prince George’s County, Maryland from 1968 to 2009. The life course trajectories of seventy individuals and their networks, organized chronologically to incorporate life within the country of origin, the adventure, and settlement within the county, frame migration as social issue slightly than social problem. Having internalized the American dream, immigrants toil to reach upward social mobility at the same time as constructing an immigrant area that nurtures well-being. This book demonstrates that an immigrant’s enjoy is grounded in personal, social, economic, and political spheres of influence, and reflects the complexity of migrants’ stories to assist demystify homogenous categorization.

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