Overview
- Features new discussion of demographic analyses, types of emigrants and Americans abroad, unauthorized migration, perceptions about living abroad, and US laws and dual citizenship
- Rare look at the US emigrant population
- Combines qualitative and quantitative research
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This book takes a new look at the study of emigration since publication of Americans Abroad in 1992. The US receives a high volume of immigrants, but its emigrant population is less frequently studied. International migration continues to increase, with now over 200 million people worldwide living as emigrants from their birth country for the purposes of work, family integration, improved living situations, or human rights. Utilizing the same social psychological approach that made the first edition so successful, the authors examine the motivation, adjustment issues and return migration of American emigrants. The analysis of these comparative experiences reveals core elements of American culture. With a new introductory chapter, a Foreword, and two Postscripts on US emigrants in Australia and Israel, the second edition builds on the strengths of the first edition to provide an important resource for the current state of US emigration. New topics covered include: what groups are emigrating from the US and why; rising departures and emigration of unauthorized immigrants; perceptions of US population about living abroad; US laws, dual citizenship, taxation, and transnationalism; famous US emigrants; and trends/projections for the future.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Americans Abroad
Book Subtitle: A Comparative Study of Emigrants from the United States
Authors: Arnold Dashefsky, Karen A. Woodrow-Lafield
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1795-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1793-7Published: 31 March 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-1795-1Published: 30 March 2020
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIX, 236
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Originally published in the series: Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services
Topics: Migration, Demography