Suketu Mehta

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This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's ManifestoHardcover, 4 June 2019

This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto
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Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published
4 Jun 2019
ISBN-10
0374276021
ISBN-13
9780374276027

Description

A 2019 NPR Staff Pick

"Written 'in sorrow and anger, ' this is a brilliant and urgently necessary book, eloquently making the case against bigotry and for all of us migrants--what we are not, who we are, and why we deserve to be welcomed, not feared." --Salman Rushdie
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A timely argument for why the United States and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrants**

There are few subjects in American life that prompt more discussion and controversy than immigration. But do we really understand it? In This Land Is Our Land, the renowned author Suketu Mehta attacks the issue head-on. Drawing on his own experience as an Indian-born teenager growing up in New York City and on years of reporting around the world, Mehta subjects the worldwide anti-immigrant backlash to withering scrutiny. As he explains, the West is being destroyed not by immigrants but by the fear of immigrants. Mehta juxtaposes the phony narratives of populist ideologues with the ordinary heroism of laborers, nannies, and others, from Dubai to Queens, and explains why more people are on the move today than ever before. As civil strife and climate change reshape large parts of the planet, it is little surprise that borders have become so porous. But Mehta also stresses the destructive legacies of colonialism and global inequality on large swaths of the world: When today's immigrants are asked, "Why are you here?" they can justly respond, "We are here because you were there." And now that they are here, as Mehta demonstrates, immigrants bring great benefits, enabling countries and communities to flourish. Impassioned, rigorous, and richly stocked with memorable stories and characters, This Land Is Our Land is a timely and necessary intervention, and a literary polemic of the highest order.

Product Details

Author:
Suketu Mehta
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
4 June 2019
Dimensions:
21.08 x 14.22 x 3.3 cm
ISBN-10:
0374276021
ISBN-13:
9780374276027
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
320
Weight:
453.59 gm

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