American Immigration

Name: American Immigration
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ISBN: 9780226406336

ISBN-10: 0226406334

ISBN-13: 9780226406336

Edition: 2nd 1992 (Reprint)

Authors: Maldwyn Allen Jones

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Immigration, writes Maldwyn Allen Jones, was America's historic raison d'être. Reminding us that the history of immigration to the United States is also the history of emigration from somewhere else, Mr. Jones considers the forces that uprooted emigrants from their homes in different parts of the world and analyzes the social, economic, and psychological adjustments that American life demanded of them--adjustments essentially the same for the Jamestown settlers and for Vietnamese refugees. As well as measuring the impact of America on the lives of the sixty million or so immigrants who have arrived since 1607, he assesses their role in industrialization, the westward movement, labor…

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List price: $41.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/15/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 361
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.85" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.034



Editor's Foreword to the Second Edition


Editor's Foreword to the First Edition


Preface to the Second Edition


Introduction



American Foundations, 1607-1776



Ethnic Discord and the Growth of American Nationality, 1685-1790



The New Nation and Its Immigrants, 1783-1815



The Rise of Mass Immigration, 1815-60



Patterns of Distribution and of Adjustment, 1815-60



Nativism, Sectional Controversy, and Civil War, 1830-65



New Sources of Immigration, 1860-1914



Immigrants in Industrial America, 1865-1920



The Demand for Restriction, 1882-1924



The Consequences of Restriction, 1924-59



The New American Mosaic, 1960-91


Conclusion Important Dates


Suggested Reading


Additional Bibliography


Index