This land is our land, an immigrant's manifesto, Suketu Mehta
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Subject
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- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Western countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Immigrants + Cultural assimilation
- Refugees + Social conditions -- 21st century
- Western countries -- Ethnic relations
- Immigrants + Social conditions -- 21st century
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
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This land is our land, an immigrant's manifesto, Suketu Mehta
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-289) and index
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
This land is our land
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Suketu Mehta
Sub title
an immigrant's manifesto
Summary
"An argument for why the United States and the West should accept more immigrants, and would benefit from doing so.", --Provided by publisher
Table of contents
The migrants are coming -- A planet on the move -- The fence: amargo y dulce -- Ordinary heroes -- Two sides of a strait -- Why they're coming -- Colonialism -- The new colonialism -- War -- Climate change -- Why they're feared -- The populists' false narrative -- A brief history of fear -- Culture: shitholes vs nordics -- The color of hate -- The alliance between the mob and capital -- The refugee as pariah -- Why they should be welcomed -- Jaikisan Heights -- Jobs, crime, and culture: the threats that aren't -- We do not come empty-handed -- Immigration as reparations -- Epilogue: family, reunified - and expanded
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