"If Marx, Weber, and Durkheim were alive at the dawn of the 21st
Century "Legacies is the first book they would have to read to
understand just what is at stake in the new immigration. This
elegant book--theoretically precise, empirically robust, and
analytically savvy--will become the standard by which all
subsequent scholarship on the sociology of immigration will be
measured. I am buying an extra copy today to send to the new
President of the United States."--Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco,
Professor and Co-Director, The Harvard Immigration Projects,
Harvard University
""Legacies is an indispensable guide to understanding how the
children of today's immigrants will become the Americans of the
21st Century. For both scholars and the public, it should be
essential reading, for it explains why today's approaches to ethnic
incorporation will not only fail, but will backfire, yielding a
second generation that is "less assimilated than it might otherwise
be."--Doug Massey, co-author of "Worlds in Motion: Understanding
International Migration at the End of the Millennium
"Using a unique storehouse of information, and telling a story
with analytic precision and grace, Portes and Rumbaut provide a
glimpse into the future that is now. "Legacies is an important
book, one that should be widely and carefully read."--Roger
Waldinger, author of "Still the Promised City? African Americans
and New Immigrants in PostIndustrial New York
""Legacies demonstrates that there is more than one immigrant
experience, and more than one second generation. It is a
path-setting study, because the diversity among the most recent
newcomers, and the varied ties and discontinuities between them and
their children,will be the key to understanding race and ethnic
relations in this country in the 21st Century."--John Logan,
co-author of "Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place
"Portes and Rumbaut allow the diverse voices of the new
second-generation immigrants to speak, both in vignettes of their
life stories and in clear analytical accounts of their schooling,
attitudes, and identities. The authors provide a compelling
analysis that is both inspiring and troubling."--Charles Hirschman,
co-editor of "The Handbook of International Migration
""Legacies is itself a legacy--of one of the most ambitious
projects ever undertaken to study the integration of the children
of immigrants in a nation that styles itself as the nation of
immigrants. Portes and Rumbaut have now donated the wealth of
insights gained from this project to our common weal, and no one
who cares about the American future can afford to ignore what they
have to say. It deserves to be read and discussed not only by
scholars but also by policymakers and the general public."--Richard
Alba, author of "Ethnic Identity: The Transformation of White
America
"An extraordinary analysis of a contemporary condition that has
not yet been fully recognized by our policymakers and commentators:
The millions of second generation immigrants who will be a major
part of our future. Portes and Rumbaut show the importance of
developing intelligent policy."--Saskia Sassen, author of "Guests
and Aliens
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