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Debating American Immigration, 1882-Present

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ISBN-10: 0847694100

ISBN-13: 9780847694105

Edition: 2001

Authors: Roger Daniels, Otis L. Graham

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In Debating American Immigration, 1882-Present, prominent historians Roger Daniels and Otis Graham offer competing interpretations of the past, present, and future of American immigration policy and American attitudes towards immigration. Through original essays and supporting primary documents, the authors provide recommendations for future policies and legal remedies. This compact and clearly written text is an excellent introduction to one of today's most emotionally charged issues.
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Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/7/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.78" wide x 9.04" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.682

Historian Roger Daniels has written numerous books, mostly on immigration history and Japanese-American internment during World War II. He was past president of the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and the Immigration History Society. He served as a consultant to the Presidential Commission on the Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians and on the planning committee for the Immigration Museum on Ellis Island. He has also worked with the National Park Service on historic sites and as a historical consultant for many television programs. As a Fulbright Professor he taught at five universities in Europe and two universities in Canada. His last position was at…    

Foreword
Introduction
Two Cheers for Immigration
Documents
Legal Immigration in the 20th Century
Legal Immigrants: Top 20 Nations for Birth, 1995-97
Major Provisions of Seven 20th Century Immigration Statues
Whom We Shall Welcome
Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks at the Signing of the Immigration Bill, Liberty Island, New York
The Unfinished Reform: Regulating Immigration in the National Interest
Documents
Excerpt from The Booker T. Washington Papers
Excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
Excerpt from America: Nation or Confusion?
Excerpt from "Our Nationals Origin Quota System: The Mirror of America"
Excerpt from Congressional Record--Senate, volume III, Senator Robert Byrd (1965)
Excerpt from Public Papers of the President of the United States: William Jefferson Clinton, Volume I (1998)
U.S. Population Growth if Immigration and Fertility Do Not Change
Selected Readings