This essay explores how both German and international educators mobilised history curricula to reshape German collective identity between 1945 and 1950, focusing particular attention on depictions of the "deutsche Vertriebene" (German expellees) in curricular plans and textbooks. In the mid-1940s, 12-15 million ethnic Germans were…

Establishing a sense of affiliation to ethnicity is one of the most controversial issues for people who are displaced in countries that are far away from their motherland. The colonisation of the British over Asia and Africa in the nineteenth century resulted in the mass movement of Indian workers from India to Africa. These workers were brought…

Examines the relationship between mobility and fertility among women in a low income urban neighborhood, comparing recent movers with long-term residents in one neighborhood in Bronx, New York with a view toward clarifying the relationship between fertility and intra-urban migration or mobility; movers are found to have lower fertility than…

Focuses on mass immigration to the United States and the country's responses to various groups of immigrants. It is concluded that the United States has used international agreements regarding the settlement of large numbers of people only when they have facilitated government action. (SLD)

The Kurds are a distinct group of people who have inhabited the Middle East for as long as there have been written records. The Kurds are the second largest ethnic group in Iraq and Turkey and the third largest group in Iran. In 1975 and 1976, Kurdish refugees from Iraq were admitted to the United States after the failure of their attempt to…

Five articles in this newsletter examine Hmong refugees in the United States, describing how they are faring in various communities around the country, explaining how their experiences in Laos influences their behavior and attitudes, and examining the challenges being faced by the youth. A list is provided that gives a breakdown of the Hmong…

Argues that cultural minorities enjoy a basic right to recognition and rejects the idea that migrants implicitly renounce their cultural claims when they leave their countries of origin, enter the receiving society, or return. They can generally claim rights that recognize a multicultural transformation of receiving societies. (SLD)

In February 1969, the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church established a National Committee on (American) Indian Work (NCIW). This was in keeping with the General Convention of the Episcopal Church's policy of supporting self-determination among the poor and the powerless in American society. This document is the NCIW's analysis of the…

This review of issues related to immigrants and refugees focuses on events and conditions in the United States and worldwide. Patterns of immigration, employment patterns, and legislation affecting the status of immigrants and refugees are described and highlighted through illustrative graphs. (SLD)

A study was conducted concerning how Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, and Hmong refugees between the ages of 15 and 18 have faced the difficulties of adjusting to life in the United States. The study looked at some of the reasons behind the difficulties these youth experience, as well as their success at school, within the family, and in society.…

Locates the origin and development of corporate expulsion: the permanent, government-sponsored banishment of a category of subjects beyond the physical boundaries of a political entity--in medieval Western Europe. This method of consolidating political power, creating convenient scapegoats, and eliminating perceived internal threats soon spread to…

The papers by B. Parekh and R. Baubock try to rebut arguments that immigrants have weaker claims to cultural liberty and preservation than other sorts of minorities. Many such claims, however, are not as vital as basic human rights, and may not pass tests of the good of the entire society. (SLD)

The education and socialization of immigrant children and youths is a problem for educators and policy makers around the world, particularly in developed countries. The challenge is to achieve social equality or at least equal social opportunity for minorities; the dilemma is whether the culture of these immigrants should be replaced by that of…

Surveyed 119 Hawaiian residents, who relocated to the mainland to attend college, to determine the effects of long-term mainland relocation on their attitudes, ethnic identity, and affiliative behavior. Findings reveal declining ethnic identity, an early developing awareness of their changed social status, and an unaffected affiliative behavior…

This study predicts willingness of refugees to acculturate to North American society based on selected demographic and psychological variables. The hypothesis is that most previous research on refugee adaptation has overemphasized sociological variables such as age, time in the country, and level of education and underemphasized psychological…