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Overview
This encyclopedia is a unique collection of entries covering the arrival, adaptation, and integration of immigrants into American culture from the 1500s to 2010.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Advisory Board.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Preface.
1: Migrants to America, to 1870.
2: Introduction: Migrants to America, to 1870.
3: Africans and African Americans, to 1870.
4: Capture and Involuntary Migration.
5: African Acculturation and Community Formation.
6: Types of Employment.
7: Survival under Slavery—Rural and Urban.
8: Creating Community and Culture.
9: African Americans: Free, Slave, and Quasi-Free.
10: Conclusion.
Bibliography.
11: British and British Americans (English, Scots, Scots Irish, and Welsh), to 1870.
12: After the American Revolution.
13: Resumed Migration.
14: Trends in British Immigration to the United States.
15: Settlement Patterns.
16: Migration Patterns.
17: Civil War.
Bibliography.
18: Canadians and Canadian Americans, to 1870.
19: Background to Emigration.
20: Francophone Canadian Migration.
21: Anglophone Canadian Migration.
22: Other Migrations.
23: Migration Experiences.
24: Conclusion.
Bibliography.
25: Chinese and Chinese Americans, to 1870.
26: The U.S.-China Trade and Early Chinese Immigration to America.
27: The International Context for Large-Scale Chinese Immigration.
28: Chinese Immigration during the California Gold Rush.
29: Racial Hostilities and Community Adaptations.
30: Beyond the Mines: In Pursuit of New Economic Opportunities.
31: Chinese-American Communities in 1870.
Bibliography.
32: Danes and Danish Americans, to 1870.
33: The First Danes to Reach North America.
34: The Earliest Danish Immigrants.
35: Some Religious and Political Reasons for Immigration.
36: Heavier Danish Migration and Patterns of Settlement.
Bibliography.
37: Dutch and Dutch Americans, to 1870.
38: Early Colonization, 1609.
39: Age of Revolutions.
40: New Settlements.
41: Dutch-American Diaspora.
42: Acculturation and Ethnic Persistence.
Bibliography.
43: French and French Americans, to 1870.
44: Colonial Empires.
45: The Wars of Independence, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic Empire.
