A Framework for Immigration: Applications to Asians in the United States

Uma Segal

Paper, 480 pages, 4 figures
ISBN: 978-0-231-12083-8
$33.00 / £19.50

July, 2002
Cloth, 480 pages, 4 figures
ISBN: 978-0-231-12082-1
$83.50 / £49.00

Prologue: Racism

Introduction: A Framework for the Immigration Experience

Pre-1965 Emigration: Leaving the Homeland for the United States

Post-1965 Emigration: Changes in U.S. Immigration Policy

Entry Into the United States and the Nation's Response to Asian Immigration

Asian Adjustment

Public Policies: Social Welfare, Housing, Education, and Criminal Justice

Public Policies: Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse

U.S.-Born Asian Americans

Implications, Directions, and Action Guidelines

Epilogue: Author's Immigration Experience

Related Subjects

• Social Work

About the Author

Uma Segal is associate professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of Missouri at St. Louis and a fellow there in both the Public Policy Research Center and the Center for International Studies.

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