<DIV><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">An introduction to the best from the new directions in U.S. immigration history<BR><br><br></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Representing a selection of the finest new research on immigration, <u>American Dreaming, Global Realities</u> explores the ways in which immigrant lives and those of their children are shaped by transnational bonds, globalization, family ties, and personal choice, and the ways in which they engender a sense of belonging and a sense of themselves as “Americans.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 24pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><u>American Dreaming, Global Realities</u> considers a plurality of very specific historical, economic, regional, familial, and cultural contexts. This history reveals resistance and accommodation, both persistent older traditions and Americanization, plus the creation of new cultural forms blending old and new. The twenty-two interdisciplinary essays included in this collection explore the intricate overlapping of race, class, and gender on ethnic identity and on American citizenship.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"> </p></DIV>