The International Migration Review, April 1st, 2005
A Framework for Immigration: Asians in the United States. By Uma A. Segal. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. Pp. 468. The author sets out to construct an analytical framework for understanding immigration in general, and then provides case studies pertaining to Asian immigrants to the United States. By way of linear progression, she makes efforts to delineate how the process of immigration can be aptly comprehended in terms of 1) background conditions in the home country and the immigrant's personal status and experience, 2) push and pull factors for immigration, 3) characteristics o...
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