Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success

Author: Ran Abramitzky Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Immigration is one of the most fraught, and possibly most misunderstood, topics in American social discourse-yet, in most cases, the things we believe about immigration are based largely on myth, not facts. Using the tools of modern data analysis and ten years of pioneering research, new evidence is provided about the past and present of the American Dream, debunking myths fostered by political opportunism and sentimentalized in family histories, and draw...Read more