New Bostonians
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Asylum seekers in American cities
Author_Marilynn S. Johnson
Border crisis and urban impact
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Changing urban landscapes
Contemporary immigration
Cultural integration
Diverse city populations
Diversity in American cities post-pandemic
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Ethnic communities
Immigrant entrepreneurship
Immigrant integration challenges
Immigrant labor
Immigrant-driven economies
Immigration and affordable housing crisis
Immigration and labor shortages
Immigration and U.S. elections
Immigration and urban change
Immigration history
Immigration's role in economic recovery
Metropolitan diversity
Migrant housing in U.S. cities
Multicultural cities
New Americans
New immigrant narratives
Population growth trends
Post-1965 immigration
Red state vs. blue state immigration policies
Refugee resettlement
Resettlement of refugees in U.S. cities
Second-generation immigrants
Texas migrant busing to Northern cities
U.S. immigration policy 2025
U.S. migration policy
Undocumented immigrants and city services
Urban revitalization
Urban sanctuary cities
Product details
- ISBN 9781625341471
- Weight: 413g
- Dimensions: 160 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 18 Aug 2015
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Among the most consequential pieces of Great Society legislation, the Immigration Act of 1965 opened the nation's doors to large-scale immigration from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. A half century later, the impact of the “new immigration” is evident in the transformation of the country's demographics, economy, politics, and culture, particularly in urban America.
In The New Bostonians, Marilynn S. Johnson examines the historical confluence of recent immigration and urban transformation in greater Boston, a region that underwent dramatic decline after World War II. Since the 1980s, the Boston area has experienced an astounding renaissance -- a development, she argues, to which immigrants have contributed in numerous ways. From 1970 to 2010, the percentage of foreign-born residents of the city more than doubled, representing far more diversity than earlier waves of immigration. Like the older Irish, Italian, and other European immigrant groups whose labour once powered the region's industrial economy, these newer migrants have been crucial in re-building the population, labour force, and metropolitan landscape of the New Boston, although the fruits of the new prosperity have not been equally shared.
In The New Bostonians, Marilynn S. Johnson examines the historical confluence of recent immigration and urban transformation in greater Boston, a region that underwent dramatic decline after World War II. Since the 1980s, the Boston area has experienced an astounding renaissance -- a development, she argues, to which immigrants have contributed in numerous ways. From 1970 to 2010, the percentage of foreign-born residents of the city more than doubled, representing far more diversity than earlier waves of immigration. Like the older Irish, Italian, and other European immigrant groups whose labour once powered the region's industrial economy, these newer migrants have been crucial in re-building the population, labour force, and metropolitan landscape of the New Boston, although the fruits of the new prosperity have not been equally shared.
Marilynn S. Johnson is professor of history at Boston College, USA. She is author of numerous books, including Street Justice: A History of Police Violence in New York City
