Immigrants and the formation of community
Subtitle: a case study of Moroccan Jewish immigration to America
By: by David Bibas.
Series: Immigrant communities & ethnic minorities in the United States & Canada ;; 77
Publisher: AMS Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Jews, Moroccan -- Cultural assimilation -- United States.; Immigrants -- United States.; Acculturation -- United States.; United States -- Ethnic relations.
Description: "The United States has experienced, since the mid-60's, a new wave of immigration comparable in importance to the mass migration of the turn of the century. It is a significant population influx which, as its predecessor, will shape the character of the country in the future. However, the more recent arrivals are very different from the "huddled masses" who came to this country in the early part of this century and the society receiving them has also undergone significant transformations. Yet, images of immigrants and the concepts used to evoke their encounter with the new environment have remained very much the same. The present work attempts to provide a different approach to the study of the immigrants' response to this encounter by looking at their process of transformation from immigrants to ethnics."--Introduction.
Notes: Includes bibliography (p. [273]-290) and index.