Among the most consequential pieces of Great Society legislation,
the Immigration Act of 1965 opened the nation's doors to
large-scale immigration from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. A
half century later, the impact of the “new immigration” is
evident in the transformation of the country's demographics,
economy, politics, and culture, particularly in urban America. In
The New Bostonians, Marilynn S. Johnson examines the historical
confluence of recent immigration and urban transformation in
greater Boston, a region that underwent dramatic decline after
World War II. Since the 1980s, the Boston area has experienced an
astounding renaissance -- a development, she argues, to which
immigrants have contributed in numerous ways. From 1970 to 2010,
the percentage of foreign-born residents of the city more than
doubled, representing far more diversity than earlier waves of
immigration. Like the older Irish, Italian, and other European
immigrant groups whose labour once powered the region's industrial
economy, these newer migrants have been crucial in re-building the
population, labour force, and metropolitan landscape of the New
Boston, although the fruits of the new prosperity have not been
equally shared.
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