New Faces: Immigration and Family Life in Australia edited by Alan Stoller

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned. Dust jacket has marks on the front and back covers. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a glossy protective dust jacket cover. Interior and binding are still very good.

New Faces is a collection of articles that examine the impact of post-war immigration on the structure and quality of immigrant families and on the broader patterns of life in Australia. The book is a collection of articles by experts, following the findings of a 1964 seminar on Immigration and Family Life in Australia.

Australian society has adapted well to the influx of new settlers and has developed significantly as a result. People with old, traditional cultural patterns are entering a new, younger culture and are facing the challenge of developing a rich, mature civilisation.

A considerable proportion of immigrants have also found in Australia a way of life suitable to their outlook and needs, but some migrants are particularly susceptible to mental illness, others have special problems of assimilation, while the attitudes of host and immigrant are often open to criticism. There is also an examination of the migrant's economic, social and political activities, which draw some highly revealing conclusions.

Published for the Victorian Family Council.