Immigration / 
Karen Miller, book editor. 
 - 110 páginas 
 - Social issues firsthand .
 - Social issues firsthand. .
<br/><br/>Incluye bibliografía. 
<br/><br/>Finding a place in a new land -- Adapting to the American way of life -- Caught between cultures -- America´s benefits -- A Hmong Christian puts faith in Western medicine Zai Xiong once he immigrates to the United States -- A Hmong teenager rejects his family´s shamanism in favor of Christianity and Western medicine -- A Mexican immigrant learns the secret to success Javier Lares during his second trip to the United States -- An immigrant learns that knowing how to speak and write English provides more economic opportunities -- An Austrian bodybuilder believes in the American dream Arnold Schwarzenegger the governor of California, a first-generation immigrant, lists the ideals and values of the United States that inspired him to become a citizen in 1983 -- Organizations to contact for further research. 
<br/><br/> In this collection of previously published selections, 14 people from Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa share their experiences of leaving their countries to make a home for themselves in the United States. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0737728930 9780737728934 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Refugiados.--Estados Unidos.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Estados Unidos--Emigración e inmigración.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>304.873  / I33a 2007