In this extremely informative collection, Richard Jones's objective to provide a wider, comparative examination of the adjustment experiences of new immigrant groups outside the country's traditional destination metropolis is not only successful, it evenconfounds his own somewhat skeptical expectations. As this collection documents, in both the East and West, non-megalopolitan America is adjusting to the presence of new immigrants from diverse global regions, and the final analysis is largely, (indeedoverwhelmingly) positive. This collection once again confirms that America is still the 'immigrant nation' it has always been since the Encounter and onward through its nation-building history to the present era. The social, cultural, and economic vigorthese new immigrant groups bring revitalizes our society, strengthens it and brings diversity, which inevitably becomes welcomed rather than disavowed, as this most recent wave of newcomers overcomes the resentments and suspicions of the residing 'host' communities, that have commonly accompanied 'others' presences during the initial 'encounters'. -- Dennis Conway, Indiana University, Bloomington This book is a significant addition to the emerging literature on immigration taking place outside of Americas gateway cities. The chapters capture the richly varied ways in which recent immigrants are adapting to destination communities and, in the process, creating new cultural landscapes. It will appeal to migration scholars from all disciplines. -- Kavita Pandit, The State University of New York The 11 original case studies in this important collection by geographers and other social scientists each focus on one new immigrant group in one location....These essays may not calm the furious debate over new immigrants, but the concrete data they provide cannot be simply ignored. Highly recommended. * CHOICE, February 2009 * From Leadville to Utica and Portland to Charlotte, recent immigrants are touching, and being touched by, a great variety of places across the United States. The geographic approach embraced by this volume adds rich knowledge to our understanding of this variety in the early 21st century. -- Curtis C. Roseman, University of Southern California In this extremely informative collection, Richard Jones's objective to provide a wider, comparative examination of the adjustment experiences of new immigrant groups outside the country's traditional destination metropolis is not only successful, it even confounds his own somewhat skeptical expectations.
As this collection documents, in both the East and West, non-megalopolitan America is adjusting to the presence of new immigrants from diverse global regions, and the final analysis is largely, (indeed overwhelmingly) positive. This collection once again confirms that America is still the 'immigrant nation' it has always been since the Encounter and onward through its nation-building history to the present era. The social, cultural, and economic vigor these new immigrant groups bring revitalizes our society, strengthens it and brings diversity, which inevitably becomes welcomed rather than disavowed, as this most recent wave of newcomers overcomes the resentments and suspicions of the residing 'host' communities, that have commonly accompanied 'others' presences during the initial 'encounters'. -- Dennis Conway, Indiana University, Bloomington
