Nazli Kibria & Cara Bowman 
Race and Immigration 

Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With
Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest
minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the
important implications of immigration for the character and role of
race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial
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This insightful new book offers a fresh perspective on immigration
and its part in shaping the racial landscape of the US today.
Moving away from one-dimensional views of this relationship, it
emphasizes the dynamic and mutually formative interactions of race
and immigration. Drawing on a wide range of studies, it explores
key aspects of the immigrant experience, such as the history of
immigration laws, the formation of immigrant occupational niches,
and developments of immigrant identity and community. Specific
topics covered include: the perceived crisis of unauthorized
immigration; the growth of an immigrant rights movement; the role
of immigrant labor in the elder care industry; the racial
strategies of professional immigrants; and the formation of
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Written in an engaging and accessible style, this book will be
invaluable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate-level
courses in the sociology of immigration, race and ethnicity.

Table of Content

Acknowledgments viii

1 The Race-Immigration Nexus 1

2 Immigration Policy and Racial Formations 27

3 Race and the Occupational Strategies of Immigrants 60

4 Immigrant Identities and Racial Hierarchies 116

Conclusions: Race, Immigration, and the American Dream 162

Notes 168

References 173

Index 191

About the author

NAZLI KIBRIA is Professor of Sociology at Boston University.

CARA BOWMAN is a doctoral student at Boston University.

MEGAN O’LEARY is a doctoral student at Boston University.