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Brother, I'm dying
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Edwidge Danticat |
From the age of four, award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph as her "second father," when she was placed in his care after her parents left Haiti for America. And so … |
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Les étrangers illégaux à la recherche de papiers
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Ange Bergson Lendja Ngnemzue |
Ce livre évalue et contourne certaines habitudes de recherche et de pensée sur l'immigration irrégulière pour considérer les enjeux des "papiers" du côté des sans-papiers eux-mêmes. L'enquête s'intér… |
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Un chez-soi chez les autres
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Liliane Demers,Perla Serfaty-Garzon |
Cet ouvrage collectif examine l'un des dimensions majeures de l'immigration, soit l'abandon personnel de son foyer, si pauvre et hostile soit-il, au profit d'un nouveau "chez-soi" qui doit compter su… |
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Larry and friends
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Carla Torres |
"Larry and Friends is a captivating story about immigration and integration told in both English and Spanish language versions. The protagonist, Larry the Dog, is a juggler from Brooklyn and his frie… |
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An American dream
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Stanford Makishi |
Jiro Akamine came to America with a big dream. |
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Le dernier gardien d'Ellis Island
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Gaëlle Josse |
Roman psychologique (intime)
New York, 3 novembre 1954. Dans quelques jours, le centre d'immigration d'Ellis Island va fermer. John Mitchell, son directeur, resté seul dans ce lieu déserté, remonte … |
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Made in Germany
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Jagoda Marinić |
"Deutschland ist kein Einwanderungsland", sagte vor Jahrzehnten Helmut Kohl. Heute spricht man angesichts der nicht endenden Flüchtlingsströme weltweit von der deutschen "Willkommenskultur". Was poli… |
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Goodbye America
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Rita Malie |
At the age of eighty-nine, Anna tells her story of her life to her two great-granddaughters during the family's Thanksgiving reunion. She details her personal history, including her departure from Oh… |
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Waiting for the Barbarians
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J. M. Coetzee |
For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts… |
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Immigrant Life in the US
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Donna Gabaccia |
Immigrant Life in the U.S. brings together scholars from across the disciplines to examine diverse examples of immigration to the paradigmatic 'nation of immigrants'. The volume covers a wide range o… |
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
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Anne Wicke,Dinaw Mengestu,Dinaw Mengestu |
Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution after witnessing soldiers beat his father to the point of certain death, selling off his parents' jewelry to pay for passage to the … |
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