{"product_id":"immigration-by-nancy-foner-9781509557929","title":"Immigration","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmerican history is, in part, a history of immigration – of waves of people from other lands making their way to America's shores.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImmigration: How the Past Shapes the Present\u003c\/em\u003e argues that the past is critical in understanding current immigration; that a new historical perspective offers important insights into what is happening today. Foner examines both the facts of immigration in the past and how they are perceived – the stories, myths, and memories that colour how we think of immigration today and the politics that govern it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new historical perspective helps us understand contemporary nativism, distinguishes what is new from long-established patterns, reveals how legacies of earlier immigration shape the lives of present-day arrivals, and offers a fresh look at what lies ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is especially relevant at a time when immigration history is being made – on an almost daily basis – yet scholarship on today's immigration does not always consider the past. Drawing on a wealth of historical and contemporary research, the book makes a clear and powerful case for writing history into the study of contemporary immigration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47306908401900,"sku":"9781509557929","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c135403b4192a820fa6900fbf74ccc96.jpg?v=1771100213","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/immigration-by-nancy-foner-9781509557929","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}