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Common Reading Library Research Guide:
West of Kabul by Tamim Ansary

Immigration

Books

Bogomolny, Abby. Editor New to North America: Writing by U.S. Immigrants,

their Children and Grandchildren. New York: Burning Bush 1997.

PS 508 I45 N49 1997

Booshada, Elizabeth. Arab Americans: Faces and Voices: The Origins of An

Immigrant Community. Austin. UP Texas 2003.

F 74 .W9 B67 2003

Brown, Wesley and Amy Ling., editors Visions of America: Personal Narratives

from the Promised Land. New York: Persea Books, 1993.

REF E 184 A1 V67 1993

Issues In Race, Ethnicity and Gender: Selections From the CQ Researcher.

Washington DC: CQ Press. C. 2002.

E 184 .A1 I845 2002

Lehman, Jeffrey, ed. Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Detroit: Gale,

2000. Volume one.

REF E 184 .A1 G15 1999 v.1

See chapter on Afghan Americans which describes the immigration history and

American experience of the group.

Roth, John K. editor American Diversity, American Identity: the Lives

And Works of 145 Writers Who Define the American Experience.

New York: Holt, 1995.

PS 169.N35 A44 1995

Websites

Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2000
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS17716
Thos government, census based report gives many statistical reports about America's immigrant population.

Additional sources on Immigration may be found by using the following databases and keywords:

CUNY+Web	EBSCOhost - Academic Search Premier	LexisNexis Academic - Quick News Search
Refugees	Refugees	Refugees
Melting pot	Melting pot	Melting pot
Assimilation	Assimilation	Assimilation
Aliens	Aliens	Aliens
Minorities	Minorities	Minorities
Bicultural	Bicultural	Bicultural
Nationality	Nationality	Nationality
Patriotism	Patriotism	Patriotism
Economic and migration	Economic migration	Economic migration
Arab American	Arab American	Arab American
Afghan American	Afghan American	Afghan American
Muslim and American	Muslim American	Muslim American
Immigration	Immigration	Immigration
Emigration	Emigration	Emigration