Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Emigration & Immigration

The major focus is on the who, when, and where of American immigration to Israel, but it is the -why- of this aliya which constitutes the core of the book. Waxman analyzes the relationship between Zionism, aliya, and the Jewish experience. Chapters include -Zion in Jewish culture, - a synopsis of Zionism through the years, and -American Jewry and the land of Israel in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, - an account of proto-Zionist ideas and movements in early America.

Chaim I. Waxman delivers a broad analysis of the phenomenon of American migration to Israel - aliya. Working...

From the restrictive immigration laws that the United States Congress passed against Arabs in the early 20th century to the backlash against this community following September 11, Arab Americans have faced both successes and challenges in their quest to become part of American culture. This timely study explores the history of this multifaceted people from their traditions, to their religious beliefs, to the role women play in society, their roots in war torn countries, and the impact of the War on Terrorism on their collective psyche.

An easy-to-read narrative and...

Eat Local, Taste Global: How Ethnocultural Food Reaches Our Tables shows how the demand for ethnocultural vegetables on the part of Toronto's South Asian, Chinese, and Afro-Caribbean Canadians is at odds with the corporate food regime. How does that regime affect the local food movement and ethnic groups' access to their preferred foods? This book addresses that question and suggests that the protection of ethnic and national food security and sovereignty strengthens immigrant integration while producing healthy crossover effects for other Canadians.

The authors show how...

Using empirical data, including qualitative interviews with law enforcement practitioners and available documentation, this book examines the challenges that sophisticated organised criminal networks present for police and criminal intelligence agencies and the ways in which these challenges can be better understood and managed through taking a network perspective to both organised crime and law enforcement. It examines organised crime through the conceptual lens of 'networks' and advances our understanding of the ways in which organised crime groups actually organise as well as how...