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Navigating the Spanish Lake examines Spain's long presence in the Pacific Ocean (1521-1898) in the context of its global empire. Building on a growing body of literature on the Atlantic world and indigenous peoples in the Pacific, this pioneering book investigates the historiographical "Spanish Lake" as an artifact that unites the Pacific Rim (the Americas and Asia) and Basin (Oceania) with the Iberian Atlantic.

Written and composed by immigrants and first generation Americans, Home provides a stronger sense of welcome and belonging for everyone. The United States is composed of and built by immigrants, and it has been a beacon to those in search of a new life for hundreds of years. Home is a collection...

Discover the real story of the Pilgrims, the courageous band of freedom-seekers who set out for a new life for themselves and forever changed the course of history. See how their journey laid the bedrock for the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and the American identity. Once a year at...

While politicians and pundits endlessly debate immigration policy, US Border Patrol agents put their lives on the line to enforce immigration law. Desert Duty puts a human face on the Border Patrol. It features interviews with 19 active-duty and retired agents who have worked at the Wellton, Arizona, station that watches over what is arguably the most perilous crossing along the border.

David Marr has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Monthly, been editor of the National Times, a reporter for Four Corners, presenter of ABC TV's Media Watch and now writes for the Guardian. His books include Patrick White: A Life, The High Price of Heaven, Dark Victory (with Marian Wilkinson) and five Quarterly Essays: 'His Master's Voice', 'Power Trip', 'Political Animal', 'The Prince' and 'Faction Man'.

Firas Alshater ist ein ganz normaler Berliner mit Hipsterbart und Brille, ein Comedian und erfolgreicher YouTuber. Nur, dass er bis vor zwei Jahren in Syrien für seine politischen Videos sowohl vom Assad-Regime als auch von Islamisten verhaftet und gefoltert wurde. Erst die Arbeit an einem Film erbrachte ihm das ersehnte Visum für Deutschland, und Firas betrat den größten Kokon der Welt: den Westen. Seitdem versucht er, uns zu verstehen.

Dopo un lungo periodo in cui l'Europa era principalmente un continente di emigrazione, negli ultimi decenni la tendenza si è invertita e sono sempre di più i cittadini di altri continenti che cercano di raggiungere l'Europa per i motivi più diversi. La migrazione per motivi di lavoro è per i Paesi in via di sviluppo una valvola di sfogo contro la forte crescita demografica, la disoccupazione e la sottoccupazione interna.

I want to let you, the listener, know that you are important to me. That is why I want to introduce you to my book and to let you know how God provided me with all I needed, and that was help and one more chance. Every good thing that's happening to me now is not by my own power, but by God's. The only person I am very close to now is Jesus because he makes my dreams come true.

Right to DREAM makes a compelling argument for the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. William A. Schwab explores the key issues surrounding this legislation: What are the issues that divide? What do the proponents and opponents of the DREAM Act argue? Is there a middle ground? Is compromise possible?

In Cuban Revelations, Marc Frank offers a first-hand account of daily life in Cuba at the turn of the 21st century, the start of a new and dramatic epoch for islanders and the Cuban diaspora. A US-born journalist who has called Havana home for almost a quarter century, Frank observed in person the best days of the revolution, the fall of the Soviet Bloc, the great depression of the 1990s, the stepping aside of Fidel Castro, and the reforms now being devised by his brother.

So wie Linda Zervakis heute in die Wohnzimmer der Nation guckt, hat sie früher aus dem Kiosk ihrer Eltern geschaut. Was sie da gesehen hat? Migranten, Arbeitslose und "Leute, die zum Frühstück Kräuterschnaps bestellen". Und natürlich: Gute, herzliche Typen, die sich in ihrem Kiez umeinander kümmern und ihre Roth-Händle, Dickmanns-Frischebox und bunte Tüten seit 20 Jahren bei Familie Zervakis kaufen. Linda hatte Glück, eine gute Schule und den festen Willen, nicht für immer aus dem Büdchen zu schauen. Der Rest ist ihre Geschichte.

Le fondateur du Nouvel Observateur analyse depuis toujours les subtils méandres de l'identité nationale, à l'aune de l'expérience algérienne et d'une connaissance intime du monde.

Enfant de l'immigration, Lydia Guirous, n'a pas eu de difficulté à s'intégrer. La France, elle l'aime. Trop peut-être ? Au point de déranger ceux qui voudraient qu'elle la rejette ? À mi-chemin entre le manifeste et le témoignage, l'auteur pointe la dangereuse dérive d'une France qui a honte de ses valeurs, de son histoire et abdique face à la montée du communautarisme et de l'islam radical.

This serves as a review and analysis of the history of immigration during the 20th century. It reflects the discrimination and prejudices that existed early in the century and compare them to some of the issues that occur during the 21st century.

When thinking about the border separating the United States from Mexico, what typically comes to mind is an unwelcoming zone with violent, poverty-ridden towns, cities, and maquiladoras on one side and an increasingly militarized network of barriers and surveillance systems on the other. It was not always this way. In fact, from the end of Mexican-American War until the late twentieth century, the border was a very porous and loosely regulated region.

Charles Swett (1828-1910) was a prosperous Vicksburg merchant and small plantation owner who was reluctantly drawn into secession but then rallied behind the Confederate cause, serving with distinction in the Confederate Army. After the war some of Swett's peers from Mississippi and other southern states invited him to explore the possibility of settling in British Honduras or the Republic of Honduras. Confederates in the Tropics uses Swett's 1868 travelogue to explore the motives of would-be Confederate migrants' fleeing defeat and Reconstruction in the United States South.

Who are the Minutemen? Patriots? Racists? Vigilantes? Harel Shapira lived with the Minutemen and patrolled the border with them, seeking neither to condemn nor praise them, but to understand who they are and what they do. Challenging simplistic depictions of these men as right-wing fanatics with loose triggers, Shapira discovers a group of men who long for community and embrace the principles of civic engagement. Yet these desires and convictions have led them to a troubling place.

The struggles of international students at Cambridge University and in the context of the United Kingdom come alive for the reader. Christian Kim's book points out the inadequacies of Cambridge University to deal with the influx of international students and their needs. Furthermore, this book exposes the underhanded policies of the British New Labour government. This book is a heart-warming account of the positivity of the human spirit to take on a big unfair power even when the odds are stacked against them.

From the former Republican governor of Florida and a leading constitutional litigator comes a timely and provocative look at one of the most divisive issues facing the nation today—“a must-read for every citizen, wannabe citizen, legal working resident, and those illegally working in the...

"This story does not begin on a boat." So commences Alice Pung’s memoir. This is an original take on a classic story - how a child of immigrants moves between two cultures. In place of piety and predictability, however, Unpolished Gem offers a vivid and ironic sense of both worlds. It combines the story of Pung’s life growing up in suburban Footscray with the inherited stories of the women in her family - stories of madness, survival, and heartbreak. Original and brave, this is a girl’s own story that introduces an unforgettable voice and captures the experience of Asian immigrants to Australia.