Nigerian Immigrants in the United States - Race, Identity, and Acculturation

Informationen zum Autor Ezekiel Umo Ette is chair of the research committee and assistant professor of social work at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. Klappentext Nigerian Immigrants in the United States: Race, Identity, and Acculturation, by Ezekiel Ette, attempts to generate an interest in the study of African immigrants by looking at issues of settlement and adjustment of Nigerians in the United States. Ette's work seeks to contribute to the immigration literature and knowledge base as well as document the African narrative showing the flight of Nigerians to the United States. It describes those Nigerians who decided to live permanently in the United States, reviewing the social circumstances and behaviors of immigrants from Nigeria, and noting the stress that affects successful integration and adjustment. Those who are interested in Nigerian immigrants and immigration issues in general will find this book both insightful and revealing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgment Foreword Part I   Historical and Theoretical Approaches Chapter 1 The African Immigrant in the United States Chapter 2 Historical Review                          Chapter 3 Theoretical Analysis of Immigration Policies Chapter 4 Meaning making in the Immigration Experience  Part II  Individual Stories of Immigrants: Approaches and Relevance in Human Services Chapter 5 The Men Who Came as Students Chapter 6 The Women who Came as Wives Chapter 7 The Women who came as Students Chapter 8 Permanent Visitors Chapter 9 Visa Lottery Winners Chapter 10 Adaptation and Integration into the American Society Chapter 11 Tools and Resources of Adjustment Chapter 12 Working With Nigerian Immigrants References About the AuthorIndex

Product details

• Authors: Ezekiel Umo Ette, Ette Ezekiel Umo
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9780739170397
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7039-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Sociology: family & relationships, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Sociology: family and relationships, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, African Studies;Society and Politics