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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Mehta, Suketu.     Subjects     Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation.     Immigrants -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Refugees -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.     United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.     Western countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.     Western countries -- Ethnic relations.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mehta, Suketu.       by title:      This land is our lan...       by call number:      305.906912 M498t     Search the Web     Mehta, Suketu.     Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation.     Immigrants -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Refugees -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.     United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.     Western countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.     Western countries -- Ethnic relations.       MARC Display

This land is our land : an immigrant's manifesto / Suketu Mehta. by Mehta, Suketu. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. Call #: 305.906912 M498t Subjects Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation.   Immigrants -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   Refugees -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.   United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.   Western countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.   Western countries -- Ethnic relations. ISBN:  9780374276027 (hc.) Alternate title:  Immigrant's manifesto Edition:  1st ed. Description:  320 p. ; 21 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Part 1. The migrants are coming -- A planet on the move -- The fence: amargo y dulce -- Ordinary heroes -- Two sides of a strait -- Part 2. Why they're coming -- Colonialism -- The new colonialism -- War -- Climate change -- Part 3. Why they're feared -- The populists' false narrative -- A brief history of fear -- Culture: shitholes vs nordics -- The color of hate -- The alliance between the mob and capital -- The refugee as pariah -- Part 4. Why they should be welcomed -- Jaikisan Heights -- Jobs, crime, and culture: the threats that aren't -- We do not come empty-handed -- Immigration as reparations -- Epilogue: family, reunified -- and expanded. Summary:  "A timely argument for why the United States and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrants. There are few subjects in American life that prompt more discussion and controversy than immigration. But do we really understand it? In This Land Is Our Land, the renowned author Suketu Mehta attacks the issue head-on. Drawing on his own experience as an Indian-born teenager growing up in New York City and on years of reporting around the world, Mehta subjects the worldwide anti-immigrant backlash to withering scrutiny. As he explains, the West is being destroyed not by immigrants but by the fear of immigrants. Mehta juxtaposes the phony narratives of populist ideologues with the ordinary heroism of laborers, nannies, and others, from Dubai to Queens, and explains why more people are on the move today than ever before. As civil strife and climate change reshape large parts of the planet, it is little surprise that borders have become so porous. But Mehta also stresses the destructive legacies of colonialism and global inequality on large swaths of the world: When today's immigrants are asked, "Why are you here?" they can justly respond, "We are here because you were there." And now that they are here, as Mehta demonstrates, immigrants bring great benefits, enabling countries and communities to flourish. Impassioned, rigorous, and richly stocked with memorable stories and characters, This Land Is Our Land is a timely and necessary intervention, and a literary polemic of the highest order."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Bedford Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.906912 M498t Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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