Historians commonly point to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act as the inception of a new chapter in the story of American immigration. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from varied disciplines to consider what is genuinely new about this period.

Introduction: Marilyn Halter and Christopher Capozzola PART I: THE CITY 1. 'The Metropolitan Diaspora: New Immigrants in Greater Boston; Marilynn S. Johnson 2. Racializing Latinos in the Nuevo South: Immigrants, Legal Status, and the State in Atlanta; Mary Odem and Irene Browne 3. The Politics of Place in Immigrant and Receiving Communities; Domenic Vitiello PART II: SELF 4. 'Intergenerational Relations in Immigrant Families: Comparisons across Time and Space; Nancy Foner 5. Bosnians in Search of Community: Keeping Faith and Ethnicity Alive in Boston; Kristen Lucken 6. The Ties that Bind: Kinship, Religion, and Community among Nigerian Immigrants in the U.S.; Veronica McComb PART III: SOCIETY 7. 'Engaging the Public Sphere: The Civic and Political Incorporation of Post-1965 Indian Immigrants; Caroline Brettell 8. Chinese American Participation in Transnational Activities and U.S.-China Relations; Xiao-huang Yin 9. U.S. Refugee Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: Balancing Humanitarian Obligations and Security Concerns; Maria Cristina García 10. Immigration Politics, Service Labor, and the Problem of the Undocumented Worker in Southern California; Thomas Jessen Adams