The Other Americans: How Immigrants Renew Our Country, Our Economy, and Our Values

By Joel Millman

Book Overview

The United States is a nation of immigrants, but in recent years all too often it has been said that arrivals from other countries are undermining the nation. In The Other Americans Joel Millman... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670858447
• ISBN13: 9780670858446
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Viking Penguin
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.2" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Bless the seekers...

An embracing work in the form of a political treatise... a celebration of all that's good about the aspirations of man and woman and child... a classic tale of the American experience... Joel has obviously experienced this life from bothsides of the barbed wire border... The Big Eye knows... The Big Eye sees... and celebrates America...

The best book about the economic benefits of immigration

If there was ever a book to be published refuting the perception that immigrants squander our country's resources, its welfare programs and our jobs this book most certainly is it. Joel Millman does a marvelous job at pointing out how immigrants come to the US with new ideas, excellent work ethics, tight family ties and a willingness to learn that breathes new life into the communities they live in which improves our quality of life on a national scale. No matter how you feel about the issue of immigration or whether or not you are an immigrant or are related to one (like I am), read this book. It contains numerous examples of why we need more immigrants here in the United States. Attempts to inhibit or restrict immigration to the US doesnt just hinder an immigrant's chance to come here, it is also an attack on all of us. Remember, the United States is an imported idea. Good read.