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Download full textWinch, Julie – 1989
When historians of the U.S. antebellum free black community examine attitudes toward emigration, they invariably focus on hostility to the American Colonization Society (ACS). However, while many free people were deeply disturbed by the efforts of the ACS to send them to Liberia, they were ready to consider settling on Haiti. In 1818, Prince…
Descriptors: Black History, Black Studies, Blacks, Foreign Countries
Knowles, Michael – 1989
A conference on Indochinese refugees, attended by representatives of Southeast Asian countries of first asylum and Western resettlement countries, has developed a Comprehensive Plan of Action (CPA) prescribing new measures to address continuing emigration from Vietnam and Laos. The CPA calls for the following measures: (1) controls on departures…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Laotians, Migration, Policy Formation
Davis, Benjamin G. – 1979
During the calendar year September 1977 to August 1978 there were over 10,000 Arizona migrant students listed in the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS). Because agriculture was a year round activity within the state, students tended to remain for relatively long periods of time. Forty-four percent of the students moved only one time…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Migrant Children, Migrant Education
Berry, J. W. – 1988
This paper reviews the concepts of acculturation and adaptation to provide a framework for understanding the highly variable relationship between acculturation and mental health in refugee populations. It begins with an extended definition and discussion of the concepts of acculturation and adaptation. The characteristics of acculturating groups…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Cambodians, Laotians
Peer reviewedFuchs, Lawrence H. – International Migration Review, 1992
Examines relationships between research in the area of international migration and public policy, tracing the history of migration research since the first publication of "International Migration Review" in 1964. Forces that drive migration are powerful and extremely complex. Gaining insight into them has value beyond its immediate…
Descriptors: Government Role, History, Immigrants, Influences
McAuley, William J.; Nutty, Cheri L. – 1979
The relationship of family life cycle changes to housing preferences and residential mobility is examined. Two residential decision-making issues are explored in detail--how family life cycle stages influence what people view as important to their choice of residential setting and what individuals at different family life cycle stages view as the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Decision Making, Environmental Influences, Family Life
