Centering immigration in western history, the author analyzes immigrant oral histories and provides an alternative conceptual model of immigrant experiences following a critical review of transnationalism, that of trans-localism. It posits, over time, that most immigrants have retained limited ties with their homelands, which nevertheless shaped their adaptation and cumulative contributions.
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