%0 Journal Article %A Pérez, Lisandro %T El desarrollo de las investigaciones sobre inmigración en los Estados Unidos de América %D 2002 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/10660 %X This article presents an overview of the development of immigration research in the United States and its current situation. From a sociological perspective, various schools are chronologically analyzed. Starting with the assimilation paradigm, the Parsonian school and the Chicago school, the author explores the transition period (1960-1980) as well as new approaches to immigration studies. The main objective of this article is to provide a framework for the comparative study of intemational immigration to the United States and to Spain. %~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala