Immigration and the legacies of the past: The impact of slavery and the Holocaust on contemporary immigrants in the United States and Western Europe

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 798-819

  Foner, Nancy ^a   Alba, Richard ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOCIDE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; PERCEPTION; RACIAL SEGREGATION; SLAVERY;

UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 79551530346     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417510000447     Document Type: Article

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