Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 218
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
978-1-4422-2894-8 • Hardback • March 2014 • $66.00 • (£51.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.
978-0-8108-9600-0 • Paperback • December 2017 • $35.00 • (£30.00)
978-1-4422-2895-5 • eBook • March 2014 • $33.00 • (£25.00)
Fariborz Ghadar is the founding director of The Center for Global Business Studies at Penn State University, and a Distinguished Scholar and Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic & International Studies.
Ghadar's new book weaves in stories of successful immigrant economists, entrepreneurs, and government advisers while debunking myths that surround immigration. For example, according to the Congressional Budget Office, a path to legalization for some immigrants could add billions to government coffers rather than be a drain on the economy. Nor have fears of immigrants as national security threats been borne out…. The facts that Ghadar presents throughout the book, backed by his experience as founding director of Penn State's Center for Global Business Studies and distinguished scholar and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, make his call to action hard to ignore.
— Harvard Business Review
Becoming American, a timely new book from Professor Fariborz Ghadar of Penn State Smeal College of Business, emphasises the importance of sound and sustainable immigration policies for the future economic success of the US, and carries a message applicable to a wide global audience. ... Ghadar, himself an immigrant, offers a series of accounts of his own family’s and other individual immigrants’ successful progress. This personal approach makes his book enjoyable to read - but fundamentally this is a book based on hard facts.
— IDEP
An American by choice, Fariborz Ghadar offers an unblinking perspective on the challenges and aspirations of immigrants, weaving together concrete analysis and personal narrative into an insightful book with useful policy prescriptions.
— John Hamre, President of the Center for Strategic & International Studies and former Deputy Secretary of Defense
Dr. Ghadar, a renowned authority on future trends, captures in his book Becoming American the importance of sound and sustainable immigration policies for the future economic success of the United States. The analysis of historical immigration policies and their impact on America are insightful and well documented. The 21st Century needs of our country also highlight the demands of new technologies, industries and clusters and the talent necessary for the United States to be competitive on a global basis. Appropriate and common sense immigration policies can make this a reality. Dr. Ghadar’s book should be read by every member of Congress before making any decision on immigration policies.
— James C. Boland, Retired Vice Chairman of Ernst & Young, Chairman of JobsOhio
Fariborz Ghadar passes the torch to his reader in this book. After reading it, you cannot help but be further enlightened and inspired to have a voice in one of the most important debates of our times.
— Laura Kohler, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Kohler Co.