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Call it Home: The New Immigrants of Southwestern Minnesota
| To Call it Home serves the practical purposes of regional
leaders by offering comprehensive knowledge of the newest wave of
immigrants to southwestern Minnesota-Africans, Asians, and Hispanics.
It responds to such questions as who the newcomers are, why they came,
and what they experience upon arrival here. Special attention is paid
to matters of social services, housing, school, and crime. The book
seeks a comparitive understanding of migrations patterns and the different
experiences of several food-processing cities in southwestern Minnesota. |
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"It is excellent. Just what is needed. It provides essential
empirical data, but beyond that it brings a historical perspective
and ethical/political sensibility to bear on the subject. I appreciate
the differentiation among immigrant groups, towns, and even employers
which is needed to transcend abstractions and stereotypes. Strong
analysis, lean prose, a good piece of work. Bravo!"
-Rudolph J. Vecoli
Director of the immigration History Research Center
University of Minnesota
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Crossings Press, 1996
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