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Immigration-Related Dissertations, 1997 As part of its mission to examine and critique American immigration policy, the Center for Immigration Studies serves as a resource for policymakers, journalists, academics, and others looking for the latest immigration research and news. Through its e-mail news service (CISNEWS), papers, books, and this monthly Backgrounder series, the Center strives to provide in-depth coverage of this complicated issue. The very vastness of the topic, however, means that those involved in one facet of the issue can't keep up with developments elsewhere. In order to make the task less daunting, the Center has compiled a list of doctoral dissertations from 1997 exploring some aspect of immigration. A list of 1998 dissertations will be forthcoming later this year
For ease of use, the list is organized into categories: Policy, Economy/Demography, Acculturation/Ethnicity, Language, Education/Schools, Health, Women's Issues, The Elderly, Religion, History, and Non-U.S. Immigration. However, the categories are necessarily subjective: The dissertation entitled "Immigrant Women's Lives: Weaving Garment Work and Legislative Policy" could as easily have been listed under Policy as under Women's Issues. Those interested in a particular topic would therefore be well-advised to peruse the entire list. Policy The Consequences of Immigration Policy for America's
Poor: An Examination of Wages, Public Education, and the Tax Base
The Politics of Immigration: An Analysis of Policy
Reform in Congress, 1965-1996
Refugees and Displaced Persons: InterAgency Coordination Rhetorically Constructing the Immigrant: Elite Discourse
and Immigration Policy The Role of Institutions in Immigration and Naturalization
Policy: A Comparative Study of 10 Advanced Industrialized Countries
The Transformation of Refugee Policy: Race, Welfare,
and American Political Culture, 1959-1997
Economy/Demography The Ability of Self-Employment to Support Hispanic
Households in the Southwest at a Level Above Poverty The Economic and Demographic Effects of Immigration
in Los Angeles County: A Sociological and Public Policy Analysis
The Economics of Ethnic Solidarity: Immigrant Ethnic
Economics and Labor Market Segmentation in Los Angeles
Estimates of Net Undocumented Migration to California:
1980-1993
The Impact of Iranian Immigrants on the California
Economy The Internal Migration of the ForeignBorn Population
in the United States: 1985-1990
The Location Choices of New Immigrant Households in
the United States
The Mobility of Labor Under Advanced Capitalism: Dominican
Migration to the United States
The Political and Economic Effects of Illegal Mexican
Immigration to Los Angeles County
Poverty Patterns and Determinants among Asian families
in the United States: 1980-1990
Unskilled Immigration and Native Wages
Acculturation/Ethnicity Acculturation and Ethnic Identity Development in Asian
Indian Students
Acculturation and Life Satisfaction Among Adult Vietnamese
Refugees
Acculturative Stress Among Irish Immigrants and Challenges
to Personal Identity The Adaptation of Eritrean Migrants in the Los Angeles
City Area Always in Motion: A Close Examination of the Assimilation
Process of Immigrants in the United States
Animosity and Unity: Mexican-American and Mexican
Immigrant Relations in La Puente, California
An Anthropological Examination of Aspects of Maltese
Culture: The Maltese in Malta, and the Maltese in New York City
Changing Household Structure Patterns in the Mexican
Origin Population: Life Course, Family Survival Strategy and Cultural
Incorporation Determinants
Chinese Immigrant Adaptation in an American Urban
Context: Chicago as a Case Study
Collaborative Cultural Research and Public Sector
Folklore Presentation: An Ethnographic Study of the African Immigrant
Folklife Project A Comparison of Three Measures of Acculturation for
Mexican Americans
Cultural Integration and Retention: The Dichotomy
of the Hungarian '56ers
Demystifying Multiculturalism: A Study for Understanding
Reverse Acculturation Among AngloAmericans Differences in SelfPerception and Acculturation Among
Hispanic Children with and Without Learning Disabilities
Effects of Ethnicity on Leisure Behavior and Its Meaning
in the Life of a Selected Group of South American Immigrants
Enid `Atoll': A Marshallese Migrant Community in the
Midwestern United States
Ethnic Identity and Migration Among Mexican Wage Laborers
in Southern Illinois
Ethnic Identity in Parsee Teenagers
The Experience of Southeast Asian Refugee Families:
An Exploration of Family Identity
Gender and Acculturation Differences in Anger Among
Second Generation Asian Indo-Americans
Helping Hands: Social Capital and the Undocumented
Migration of Mexican Men to the United States
Immigrant Youth: Strategies to Manage Cultural Dissonance The Impact of Migration on Arab Families in South
Florida
Intercountry Adoption: The Experiences and Adjustments
of Families Adopting Children from Latin America, China, and the United
States
Intergenerational Values Differences Between Younger
and Older Hmong in the United States
Literacy, Legitimacy, and the Composing of AsianAmerican
Citizenship
Locating Filipino-Americans: Ethnicity and the Cultural
Politics of Space in Southern California
Matter Out of Place: Mexican Immigrants, National
Terrains
Newcomers in a Small Town: Change and Ethnicity in
Rural California
Parental Acculturation and Family Structure as Predictors
of Self-Esteem in Iranian-Jewish Immigrant Children
Perceptions About Sex Role Differences and Acculturation
in a Group of Mexican Americans Perceptions of Racism, Acculturation, and Depression
in Firstgeneration MexicanAmerican Immigrants and Descendants of MexicanAmerican
Immigrants
Predictors of Acculturation Among Iranian Immigrant
Adults Living in the United States
The Relationship Between Acculturation, Ethnic Identity,
and SelfEsteem of Midwest Mexican-American University Students Relationships Among Acculturation, Acculturative Stress
and Coping Processes in Iranian Immigrants
Salvadoran Immigrants: Life Experiences and Adjustment
into the Mainstream
The Sojourning Life as Problematic: Marital Crises
of Chinese Students who are Studying in the United States
Survival of the Knitted: The Social Networks of West
Indian Immigrants
Transnational Migration, Gender Relations, and Learning
Processes: Mexican Adults Constructing Lives in California
The Transnational Search for Muslim Identity: Sierra
Leoneans in America's Capital Variations in Home Ownership Among Asian Ethnic Groups
in the United States
Language Assessment of an ESL Program: Opinion and Current
Research
Ethnic Identity Development and the Role of the Heritage
Language
Filipino-Americans, Children of Immigrants: A Participatory
Research of Language and Identity
Incomplete L1 Acquisition in the Immigrant Situation:
The Case of Yiddish in the United States
Opportunity and Availability: Two More Links in Schumann's
Acculturation Model for Second Language Acquisition
Language Shock Experience of KoreanAmericans: Understanding
Their Communication Difficulty in English
Managing Across the Language Barrier: Communication
in the Multilingual Work Place
The Role of Chinese-Language Newspapers in the San
Francisco Bay Area
The Social Life of Language in a Venezuelan Immigrant
Family: Aspects of SpanishEnglish Bilingualism Speaking in the Master's Voice: Problems in Assimilation
Speaking in Tongues: German-Americans and the Heritage
of Bilingual Education in American Public Schools
Study of the Persuasive Effects of English Versus
Spanish Language Printed Communications on Hispanic-Americans
What Does it Mean to Speak `Simple English'? The English
Language Requirement for United States Citizenship
Education/Schools Case Study of a SchoolBased Parent Center in a LowIncome
Immigrant Community
The Development and Implementation of a Reading Preference
Inventory to identify and Measure the Reading Preferences of Mexican Immigrant
Students
Educating Children Into Literacy: A Portrait of One
Teacher's Work in a Bilingual Classroom
Educating New Americans: Hmong Immigrant Lives and
Learning
Effects of a Rapidly Rising Immigrant Population on
an Elementary School: A Case Study (School Climate)
Encounters with Schooling: Mien American Families
in an Urban School District Women's Issues Acculturation and Family Conflict in Portuguese Immigrant
Mothers and Daughters
Acculturation and Generation Status and Their Relationship
to Family Functioning and Self-Esteem Among Chinese-American Females
Acculturative Stress and Maladaptive Eating Patterns
Among Korean American Immigrant Women
Ain't I an American: Women's Autobiographical Narratives
and the Construction of National Identity
Be Anybody, Be Somebody! Changing the Lives of Immigrant
and WorkingClass Women. The Role of Adult Education at a Settlement House
Between Two Cultures: Exploring the Voices of First
and Second Generation South Asian Women
Black Jamaican Immigrant Women's Experiences, Perceptions
and Responses to Abuse from Male Spouses and Partners: The Impact of Slavery
Cultural Identification and Psychological Well-Being
Among Hispanic Professional Women Domestic Violence Among Vietnamese Refugee Women:
Prevalence, Abuse Characteristics, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Psychological
Factors
Female Circumcision: A Transcultural Study of Attitudes,
Identity, and Reproductive Health of East African Immigrants
Immigrant Women's Lives: Weaving Garment Work and
Legislative Policy
The Influence of the Acculturation Process and Family
Stress on College Adjustment of Latinas
Latina College Students: The Impact of Stress, Acculturation,
and Social Support on Psychological WellBeing and Distress
Multiple Roles of Korean Immigrant Wives: Impact on Depression
Muslim Women's Voices: Generation, Acculturation,
and Faith in the Perceptions of Mental Health and Psychological Help
Narratives of Transnational Migration, Work, and Health:
The Lived Experiences of Brazilian Women in the United States
Patterns of Diversity and Forms of Interpretation:
a Cultural Analysis of Immigrant Mexican Women Who Have Been Battered Predictors of Attitudes Toward Wife-Beating Among
Asian Indians in America
Predictors of Perceived Marital Power Among Latin
American Immigrant Women
Processes of Biculturalism and Ethnic Identity Development
in Second generation FilipinoAmerican Women
Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Surinamese Women in the
United States
The Relationship Between Womanist Identity Attitudes,
Cultural Identity, and Acculturation to Asian-American Women's Self-Esteem
Role Strain and Symptoms in a Group of Pakistani Immigrant
Women Women in Cultural Transition: Voices of Hmong Mothers
in an Urban School
The Elderly Assilimation and Life Satisfaction of Elderly Korean
Immigrants in the Atlanta Area
Health Care Experiences of Elderly Rural Latinos The Hispanic Elderly: Impact of Acculturation on Life
Satisfaction, Socioeconomic Status, and Access to Services
Immigration Patterns, Locale Orientation, and Life
Satisfaction Among Elderly Filipinos on Oahu
Life Satisfaction, Acculturation, and Leisure Participation
Among Older Urban Korean Migrants
Living Arrangements of Older Asian Noncitizens in
the United States
The Relationship Between Acculturation and the Household
Structure of Older Mexican Americans in Los Angeles
Religion Immigrant Clergy in the Promised Land
Pastoral Conseling Taiwanese Immigrants in the Church
Setting: A Cross Cultural Perspective
Perceived Social Support, Subjective WellBeing, and
the Practice of Santeria Among Four Immigrant Waves: A Comparative Study
of CubanAmericans in Dade County, Florida
Religious Conversion and Identity Construction: A
Study of a Chinese Christian Church in the United States The Role of Women Leaders in the 21st Century Immigrant
Churches
History The Acculturation of Chinese Intellectuals in Hawaii:
1894-1959
Between Alienation and Citizenship: The Evolution
of Black West Indian Society in Panama, 1914-1964
Chinese Migrants Among Ghosts: Chicago, Peru and Hawaii
in the Early Twentieth Century
Civil Strangers: The Irish in Philadelphia During
the Early National Period
The Creation of a Mexican Immigrant Community in Kansas
City, 1890-1930
The Disposable Mexican: Operation Wetback 1954, the
Deportation of Undocumented Workers in California and Texas
"Forty Shades of Green": Conflict Over Community
Among New York's Irish, 1860-1920
From British Mercenaries to Swedish Nobles: The Immigration
of British Soldiers to Sweden During the Seventeenth Century From Emigrant to Immigrant: The Personal Experience
of German and Irish Immigrants in Pennsylvania, 1800-1860
The Greatest Menace: Organized Crime in United States
Culture and Politics, 1946-1961
The Irish in the South, 1815-1877
The Italians of Albuquerque, 18801930: A Study in
Immigrant Adjustment and Assimilation
Racing the Nation: Immigration Policy, Race, and National
Identity in Canada and the United States, 1905-1925
The Rhetorical Tactics of the Immigration Restriction
League: An Anti-Immigraiton Social Movement Organization, 1894-1924
Science at the Borders: Immigrant Medical Inspection
and Defense of the Nation, 1891 to 1930
The Sojourners' Story: Philadelphia's Chinese Immigrants,
1900-1925
The Taming of Difference: A Comparative History of
Identity
`Unterwegs': Czech Labor Migration and Ethnic Identity
in Bohemia and Saxony, 1870-1914 Non-U.S. Immigration Access to Housing and its Impact on the Adaptation
Process: The Case of African Immigrants in Calgary
Anatomy of an Identity Dilemma: A Case Study of the
Transformation of Mainlanders from Sojouners to Settlers in Contemporary
Taiwan
Arab Immigrants in the Canadian Labour Market: Expectations
and Compromises
Destination, Housing and Quality of Life in the Migrant
Experience From Larino (Molise, Italy) to Milano and Montreal `Dread Inna Inglan': Nationalism, AntiRacism and Diaspora
Culture in Thatcherite Britain
From Hostel to `Home': Immigration, Resettlement and
Community. The Ethnic Vietnamese in Australia, 1975-1995 The Kurds in Canada: A Question of Ethnic Identity
The Migration, Settlement, and Ethnic Relations of
Finland-Swedes in Canada
Resettlement of Ghanaian Refugees in Metropolitan
Toronto
Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program in Ontario:
From the Perspective of Jamaican Migrants
Tunga: A Study of Malian Soninke Labor Migration to
France
The Voice of a Gringa: The Acculturation Experience
of North American Women to Chile
When QuasiCitizenship is Not Enough. The Incorporation
of People of Muslim Origin in Two NationStates in Crisis: France and Great
Britain Immigration-Related Dissertations
As part of its mission to provide in-depth coverage of the many facets of immigration, the Center for Immigration Studies has compiled a list of doctoral dissertations from 1997. Each explores some aspect of immigration and, for ease of use, they have been organized into categories:
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