Immigration Nation: Recent Books on U.S. Immigration
On display in Carrier Library, September 2018. Selected by Howard Carrier and Kristen Shuyler
People seeking to immigrate to the U.S., whether to seek new opportunities, join family, or escape chaos and war, deal with issues such as legal processes, daily survival on their journeys, and deep questions about home, identity, and citizenship. These recent books were selected to shed light on topics related to U.S. immigration, with special attention paid to books that feature the voices and perspectives of migrants. The display, in the Carrier Library main lobby, includes academic books on these topics, as well as novels and poetry.
Abrazando el Espíritu: Bracero families confront the US-Mexico border by Publication Date: 2014
Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora by Publication Date: 2012
Against the Tide by Publication Date: 2013
America Classifies the Immigrants: From Ellis Island to the 2020 Census by Publication Date: 2018
American Latvians by Publication Date: 2010
Applying for Asylum: The U.S. system and policies by Publication Date: 2011
Becoming American: Why immigration is good for our nation's future by Publication Date: 2014
Being Brown in Dixie: Race, ethnicity, and Latino immigration in the new South by Publication Date: 2010
Beyond the Borderlands: Migration and belonging in the United States and Mexico by Publication Date: 2011
The Border Is Burning by Publication Date: 2013
Captivity Beyond Prisons: Criminalization experiences of Latina (im)migrants by Publication Date: 2016
Chinese Chicago: Race, transnational migration, and community since 1870 by Publication Date: 2012
City of Dreams by Publication Date: 2016
Constructing Identity in Iranian-American Self-Narrative by ISBN: 9781137479617Publication Date: 2015
Crosscurrents: Atlantic and Pacific migration in the making of a global America by Publication Date: 2015
The Dangerous Divide: Peril and Promise on the US-Mexico Border by ISBN: 9781613748367Publication Date: 2014
Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire by Publication Date: 2015
Dream Chasers: Immigration and the American backlash by Publication Date: 2015-03-13
The DREAMers: How the undocumented youth movement transformed the immigrant rights debate by Publication Date: 2013
Dreams and Nightmares: Immigration policy, youth, and families by Publication Date: 2015
Everyday Illegal: When policies undermine immigrant families by Publication Date: 2015
Family Activism: Immigrant struggles and the politics of noncitizenship by Publication Date: 2014
Forgotten Citizens: Deportation, children, and the making of American exiles and orphans by Publication Date: 2015
The Gift of Freedom by Publication Date: 2012
Gold Coast Diasporas: Identity, culture, and power by Publication Date: 2015
Guatemala-U. S. Migration: Transforming regions by Publication Date: 2015
The Happiest People in the World by Publication Date: 2014
Hmong America: Reconstructing community in diaspora by Publication Date: 2010
I Know It's Dangerous: Why Mexicans risk their lives to cross the border by Publication Date: 2009
I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Publication Date: 2014
Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families - Culturally Responsive Practice by Publication Date: 2016
Immigrant Families by Publication Date: 2016
Immigrant Model (a collection of poems) by Publication Date: 2015
Immigration and Acculturation: Mourning, adaptation, and the next generation by Publication Date: 2010
Immigration and America's Cities: A handbook on evolving services by Publication Date: 2016
Immigration and Women: Understanding the American experience by Publication Date: 2011
Immigration in Psychoanalysis: Locating ourselves by Publication Date: 2015
Immigration Nation: Raids, detentions, and deportations in post-9/11 America by Publication Date: 2012
Impossible Returns: Narratives of the Cuban diaspora by Publication Date: 2015
Inside Out and Back Again by Publication Date: 2011
Integration Nation: Immigrants, refugees, and America at its best by Publication Date: 2016
The Irish Way: Becoming American in the multiethnic city by Publication Date: 2012
The Land of Open Graves: Living and dying on the migrant trail by Publication Date: 2015
The Lebanese Diaspora: The Arab immigrant experience in Montreal, New York, and Paris by Publication Date: 2011
Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and coming of age in America by Publication Date: 2015
Mexicans on the Move: Migration and return in rural Mexico by Publication Date: 2015
Migrant Marginality: A transnational perspective by Publication Date: 2013
Migrants and Refugees: Equitable education for displaced populations by Publication Date: 2013
The New Bostonians: How immigrants have transformed the metro area since the 1960s by Publication Date: 2015
New Destination Dreaming: Migration, race, and legal status in the rural American South by Publication Date: 2011
Performing Citizenship: Undocumented migrants in the United States by Publication Date: 2016
The Promised Land? The lives and voices of Hispanic immigrants in the new South by Publication Date: 2006
Refugee Hotel by Publication Date: 2012
Refugee Resettlement in the United States: Language, policy, pedagogy by Publication Date: 2015
Rethinking the Irish in the American South: Beyond rounders and reelers by Publication Date: 2013
Returned: Going and coming in an age of deportation by Publication Date: 2016
The Road to Citizenship: What naturalization means for immigrants and the United States by Publication Date: 2015
Scratching Out a Living: Latinos, race, and work in the Deep South by ISBN: 9780520287211Publication Date: 2016
The Story of My Life: An Afghan girl on the other side of the sky by ISBN: 9781416906704Publication Date: 2005
Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era by Publication Date: 2018
We are who we say we are: a Black family's search for home across the Atlantic world by Publication Date: 2014
Who Is Worthy of Protection? Gender-based asylum and US immigration politics by Publication Date: 2015
Whose Child Am I? Unaccompanied, undocumented children in U.S. immigration custody by Publication Date: 2015
Women and Migration in the U. S.-Mexico Borderlands: A ReaderPublication Date: 2007
This book list is not meant to be a comprehensive bibliography on the topic of the display. It's a snapshot of selected books/videos in our collection on this topic as of September 2018.