{"product_id":"immigration-how-the-past-shapes-the-present-hardback-9781509557912","title":"Immigration; How the Past Shapes the Present (Hardback) 9781509557912","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eImmigration\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow the Past Shapes the Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNancy Foner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509557912, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 February 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 13.7 x 2.3 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this readable and wide-ranging book, Nancy Foner explores how our understandings of past immigration shape our interpretations of current immigration. She shows that myths about the past, and nostalgia for a past that never existed, contribute to current-day anti-immigrant attitudes. This hopeful and erudite book should be required reading for all Americans.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary C. Waters, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a myth-buster that clears the way for a better understanding of how the history of immigration shapes the present moment, told in a refreshing, thoughtful, and concise way by a preeminent scholar of immigration.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMae Ngai, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Chinese\u003c\/i\u003e Question\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A comprehensive look into why the past is critical to understanding modern immigration.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eImmigration: How the Past Shapes the Present\u003c\/i\u003e is a compassionate look at how the idealization of early European immigrants upholds an impossible standard for immigrants today.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEthnic and Racial Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican history is, in part, a history of immigration – of waves of people from other lands making their way to America's shores.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImmigration: How the Past Shapes the Present \u003c\/i\u003eargues that the past is critical in understanding current immigration; that a new historical perspective offers important insights into what is happening today. Foner examines both the facts of immigration in the past and how they are perceived – the stories, myths, and memories that color how we think of immigration today and the politics that govern it. This new historical perspective helps us understand contemporary nativism, distinguishes what is new from long-established patterns, reveals how legacies of earlier immigration shape the lives of present-day arrivals, and offers a fresh look at what lies ahead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is especially relevant at a time when immigration history is being made – on an almost daily basis – yet scholarship on today's immigration does not always consider the past. Drawing on a wealth of historical and contemporary research, the book makes a clear and powerful case for writing history into the study of contemporary immigration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: A New Perspective on Immigration, Past and Present \u003cp\u003e2. What Do We Remember? Myths, Memories, and Misperceptions of America's Immigrant Past\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Nativism, Hostility, and Nostalgia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. How the Immigrant Past Shapes the Immigrant Present\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Different Histories: U.S.-Europe Comparisons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Conclusion: Past, Present, and Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441813418264,"sku":"9781509557912","price":42.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509557912.jpg?v=1785026872","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/immigration-how-the-past-shapes-the-present-hardback-9781509557912","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}