Featured American History Titles for Public Libraries
Overview
This book combines the insight of two dozen expert contributors to examine key figures, events, and policies over 200 years of U.S. immigration history, illuminating the foundations of the ethnic and socioeconomic makeup of our nation.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
The Making of Modern Immigration: An Introduction.
1: Addams, Jane (1860–1935): Settling in the American City.
2: Alien and Sedition Acts.
3: Assimilation versus Absorption.
4: Asylees.
5: Beecher, Lyman (1775–1863): The No Popery Crusade.
6: Bilingualism.
7: Boat People (1975–2000).
8: Brain Drain.
9: Canadian Immigration to the United States.
10: Celler, Emanuel/Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
11: Chavez, Cesar (1927–1993): Migrant Farmworkers.
12: Fermi, Laura (1907–1977): Illustrious Immigrants.
13: Ford, Henry (1863–1947): The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
14: Grant, Madison (1865–1937): The Passing of the Great Race.
15: Handlin, Oscar (1915–2011): The Uprooted and Other Images of Immigration.
16: Hughes, John Joseph (1797–1864): Definitions of “Assimilation”.
17: Immigration and the Arts.
18: Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
19: Immigration and Disability.
20: Immigration and the Military.
21: Immigration and Nationality Act (1952)/McCarran-Walter Act.
22: Immigration and the Nazi Era.
23: Immigration and Politics.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
1: Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
2: Immigration and Religion.
3: Jefferson, Thomas (1743–1826): “A Right Which Nature Has Given to All Men”.
4: Kearney, Denis (1847–1907): “The Chinese Must Go!”.
5: Kennedy, Edward M. (1932–2009): Immigration as a Solution to Other Problems.
6: Lodge, Henry Cabot (1850–1924): Immigration Restriction as National Policy.
7: McCarran, Patrick Anthony (1876–1954): Cold War Immigration.
8: The Melting Pot versus Tapestry Debate.
9: Miller, Kerby and the Study of the Irish Immigrant in America.
10: 9/11 Commission.
11: Palmer, A. Mitchell (1872–1936): Red Scare.
12: Petrosino, Joseph (1860–1909): International Criminal Conspiracies.
