In Lady Liberty's Shadow: The Politics of Race and Immigration in New Jersey

by Robyn Magalit Rodriguez

Home to Ellis Island, New Jersey has been the first stop for many immigrant groups for well over a century. Yet in this highly diverse state, some of the most anti-immigrant policies in the nation are being tested. American suburbs are home to increasing numbers of first and second-generation immigrants who may actually be bypassing the city to settle directly into the neighborhoods that their predecessors have already begun to plant roots in--a trajectory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813570085
• ISBN13: 9780813570082
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher