The notion of America as land of refuge is vital to American civic consciousness yet over the past seventy years the country has had a complicated and sometimes erratic relationship with its refugee populations. Attitudes and actions toward refugees from the government; voluntary organizations; and the general public have ranged from acceptance to rejection; from well-wrought program efforts to botched policy decisions. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary and historical material; and based on the author s three-decade experience in refugee research and policy; Safe Haven? provides an integrated portrait of this crucial component of American immigration and of American engagement with the world. Covering seven decades of immigration history; Haines shows how refugees and their American hosts continue to struggle with national and ethnic identities and the effect this struggle has had on American institutions and attitudes.
#6467133 in Books 1990 #File Name: 1561900044160 pages
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