{"product_id":"9781476743875","title":"A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story","description":"“An incisive look at immigration, assimilation, and national identity” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) and the landmark immigration law that transformed the face of the nation more than fifty years ago, as told through the stories of immigrant families in one suburban county in Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the foreign-born population of the United States has tripled. Americans today are vastly more diverse than ever. They look different, speak different languages, practice different religions, eat different foods, and enjoy different cultures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 1950, Fairfax County, Virginia, was ninety percent white, ten percent African-American, with a little more than one hundred families who were “other.” Currently the Anglo white population is less than fifty percent, and there are families of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American origin living all over the county. “In \u003ci\u003eA Nation of Nations\u003c\/i\u003e, National Public Radio correspondent Tom Gjelten brings these changes to life” (\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), following\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ea few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually “Americanize.” Hailing from Korea, Bolivia, and Libya, the families included illustrate common immigrant themes: friction between minorities, economic competition and entrepreneurship, and racial and cultural stereotyping.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt’s been half a century since the Immigration and Nationality Act changed the landscape of America, and no book has assessed the impact or importance of this law as \u003ci\u003eA Nation of Nations\u003c\/i\u003e. With these “powerful human stories…Gjelten has produced a compelling and informative account of the impact of the 1965 reforms, one that is indispensable reading at a time when anti-immigrant demagoguery has again found its way onto the main stage of political discourse” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130763854064,"sku":"9781476743875","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476743875_p0.jpg?v=1763609832","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476743875","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}