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Much like the United States, the countries of Western Europe have experienced massive immigration in the last three decades. Spain, in particular, has been transformed from an immigrant-exporting country to one receiving hundreds of thousands of new immigrants. Today, almost 13 percent of the countryÕs population is foreign-born. Spanish Legacies, written by internationally known experts on immigration, explores how the children of immigrantsÑthe second generationÑare coping with the challenges of adaptation to Spanish society, comparing their experiences with those of their peers in the United States. Using a rich data set based on both survey and ethnographic material, Spanish Legacies ...
Sintonías Límbicas es una colección de cuentos de la vida real, la de un pasado distante y perpetuo, que se desarrollan magistralmente en la ternura de los personajes marginales con una moral propia, en la búsqueda desesperada del hombre que vive en un mundo que intenta comprender, sin saber cómo y cuándo. Los criminales con cierto honor, las prostitutas que vagan entre la melancolía y la desolación, el inmigrante que vislumbra la vida entre un pasado que desaparece en recuerdos y una espera que nunca se acaba. Sintonías Límbicas es una literatura que parte de un sentir, un interrogante y, siempre desde la esencia del cuento, un hecho. Tal vez solo seamos antenas que conectan con a...
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A seismic population shift is taking place as many formerly racially homogeneous cities in the West attract a diverse influx of newcomers seeking economic and social advancement. In The Changing Face of World Cities, a distinguished group of immigration experts presents the first systematic, data-based comparison of the lives of young adult children of immigrants growing up in seventeen big cities of Western Europe and the United States. Drawing on a comprehensive set of surveys, this important book brings together new evidence about the international immigrant experience and provides far-reaching lessons for devising more effective public policies. The Changing Face of World Cities pairs Eu...
The Lloyd's Register of Shipping records the details of merchant vessels over 100 gross tonnes, which are self-propelled and sea-going, regardless of classification. Before the time, only those vessels classed by Lloyd's Register were listed. Vessels are listed alphabetically by their current name.