Accidental American Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization

Name: Accidental American Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization
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ISBN: 9781576754382

ISBN-10: 1576754383

ISBN-13: 9781576754382

Edition: 2008

Authors: Rinku Sen, Fekkak Mamdouh, Fekkak Mamdouh

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The Accidental American vividly illustrates the challenges and contradictions of U. S. immigration policy, and argues that, just as there is a free flow of capital in the world economy, there should be a free flow of labor. Author Rinku Sen alternates chapters telling the story of one "accidental American"???coauthor Fekkak Mamdouh, a Morrocan-born waiter at a restaurant in the World Trade Center whose life was thrown into turmoil on 9/11-- with a thorough critique of current immigration policy. Sen and Mamdouh describe how members of the largely immigrant food industry workforce managed to overcome divisions in the aftermath of 9/11 and form the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/8/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



Introduction: Coming to Citizenship in a Near-Global Age



Leaving Home



Us and Them After 9/11



Crimmigration



Learning to Organize



Building a Cooperative Restaurant



Scaling Up Throughout the Industry



Framing the Immigration Debate



Growing a Movement



Dreaming Globally



Everybody Means Everybody


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index


About the Authors