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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: The Historical Context of Immigration | |
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| The Changing Waves of Immigration | |
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| The Matrix of Push and Pull | |
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| The Ebb and Flow of Immigration | |
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| Immigrants in the Early Twentieth Century | |
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| The Legacy of Restriction | |
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| The Retreat to Restrictionism | |
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| The Origins of Immigration Policy | |
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| Restrictions on Asian Admissions | |
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| The Creation of an Omnibus Restrictive Policy | |
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| Transition to an Omnibus Selective Policy | |
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| The Decline of Return Migration | |
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| Toward Unified and Restricted Naturalization | |
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| The System of Discriminatory Naturalization | |
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| The Centralized Administration of Naturalization | |
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| The Continuing Influx after Restriction | |
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| Exodus from Canada and Mexico | |
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| The Airplane Migration from Puerto Rico | |
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| The Rise of the Refugee Class | |
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| Continuation of the Demographic Shift | |
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| The Transformation of Policy | |
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| The Path to a Worldwide Immigration Policy | |
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| The McCarran-Walter Act | |
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| The Hart-Celler Act | |
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| The Immigration Reform and Control Act | |
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| The Expansion of Refugee Legislation | |
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| The Liberalization of Naturalization Policy | |
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| The Globalization of Immigration | |
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| Push and Pull Factors in the Postindustrial Era | |
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| The Changing Face of Post-1965 Immigration | |
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| An Imbalanced Worldwide Immigration | |
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| The New Asian Immigrants | |
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| The New Latin Immigrants | |
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| The West Indian and Haitian Immigrants | |
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| The Declining Factor of European Immigration | |
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| Seeding the New Frontier of Immigrant Colonies | |
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| The Making of a World Melting Pot | |
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| Patterns of Social Mobility | |
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| The Structure of Economic Opportunity | |
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| The Ethnic Dimensions of Economic Progress | |
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| Asian Patterns of Mobility | |
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| Hispanic Patterns of Mobility | |
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| West Indian and Haitian Patterns of Mobility | |
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| The Changing Face of Mobility and Inequality | |
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| Educational Gains | |
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| Linguistic Assimilation | |
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| Family and Population | |
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| Fertility and Immigration | |
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| Intermarriage | |
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| Transitions in Identity and Community | |
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| The Societal Impact of Changing Immigration | |
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| The Immigrant and American Democracy | |
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| The Path to American Citizenship | |
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| The Changing Distance Between Aliens and Citizens | |
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| Naturalization of Aliens | |
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| Learning American National Identity | |
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| The Expanding Role of Government in Ethnic Relations | |
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| Toward Equal Opportunity for New Americans | |
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| The Rise of Official Group Identity | |
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| Immigration and the National Future | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Additional Tables | |
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| Chronology of Immigration and Naturalization Policy | |
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| Index | |