Immigration and American Diversity A Social and Cultural History

Name: Immigration and American Diversity A Social and Cultural History
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ISBN: 9780631220336

ISBN-10: 063122033X

ISBN-13: 9780631220336

Edition: 2002

Authors: Donna R. Gabaccia

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This text analyses the relationship between America's national solidarity and ethnic diversity. It examines the main migrations of each era, the ensuing interaction between established citizens and new arrivals, and the formation of ethnic groups.

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List price: $72.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/12/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.53" wide x 8.50" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Donna R. Gabaccia is professor of history and former director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota. Her many books include "We Are What We Eat" and "Immigration and American Diversity".



List of Figures and Tables


Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction


Student Exercise: American Diversity - and Me


American Diversity - and You



Creating America


Creating Americans



Americans and Aliens, 1750-1835



Emigrants and Regional Strife, 1820-1860


Student Exercise: Catholic Nuns Testify in Court after the Burning of the Charlestown Convent



Redefining the Nation, 1850-1900


Student Exercise: Can a Negro be a Nativist?





Student Exercise, Determining the Geographic Origins of Immigrants at Century's Turn



Migrants, Immigrants, and Scientific Racism, 1900-1945



The Postwar USA: Nation of Immigrants or Multicultural Nation?


Student Exercise: Ethnicity, Authors, and their Books



Today's Immigrants


Tomorrow's Nation.Student Exercise: This Week's Headlines: An Oral Report on Immigration's Impact on Local Communities


Conclusion


Notes


Index