Ethnic Americans A History of Immigration

Name: Ethnic Americans A History of Immigration
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ISBN: 9780231143370

ISBN-10: 0231143370

ISBN-13: 9780231143370

Edition: 5th 2009

Authors: Leonard Dinnerstein, David Reimers, David M. Reimers

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Since its debut in 1975, Ethnic Americanshas become a classic study of immigration to America. The authors begin with a brief historical overview of immigration during the colonial and early national eras (1492 to the 1820s), focusing primarily on the arrival of English Protestants, while at the same time stressing the diversity brought by Dutch, French, Spanish, and other small groups, including "free people of color" from the Caribbean. Chapter 2 closely follows the wave of large-scale European immigration from 1830 to the 1880s. For the first time in America, Catholicism became a major force during this period, with immigrants-five million in the 1880s alone-creating a new mosaic in…

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List price: $36.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 1/13/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.90" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

List of Tables Preface Introduction 1. The Beginnings: Immigration to America, by 1492 to the 1820s 2. An Expanding Population: Immigration from 1830 to the 1890s 3. A New Wave of Immigrants, by 1890s--1920s 4. Ethnic Conflict and Immigration Restriction 5. The Door Opens Again: Immigration from the Eastern Hemisphere, by World II to 2008 6. Close Neighbors: Immigrants from the Western Hemisphere, by World War II to 2008 7. Confronting Immigration Bibliographic Essay Appendix 1 Immigration By Region and Selected Country of Last Residence, by 1820 to 2006 Appendix 2 Provisions of the Major United States Immigration Laws and Programs Index