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Immigration : An American History /

A sweeping narrative history of American immigration from the colonial period to the present "A masterly historical synthesis, full of wonderful detail and beautifully written, that brings fresh insights to the story of how immigrants were drawn to and settled in America over the centuries.&quo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bon Tempo, Carl J. (Autor), Diner, Hasia R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2022]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Immigration: An American History
  • Chapter One. Founding Immigrants Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century America
  • Chapter Two. Opening the Door to Europe's People
  • Chapter Three. From Two Continents, Bound for Two Coasts, 1820-1882
  • Chapter Four. Americans React, Regulations Begin, 1820-1882
  • Chapter Five. The Masses Arrive as the Door Starts to Close, 1882-1921
  • Chapter Six. What Americans Said about the Immigrants, 1882-1921
  • Chapter Seven. Closing the Gates National Origins and the Great Depression
  • Chapter Eight. Newcomers and World War II
  • Chapter Nine. Prosperity, the Braceros, and Cold War Refugees, 1945-1965
  • Chapter Ten. The Age of Reform Braceros, Immigrants, and Refugees
  • Chapter Eleven. A New Open Door Immigration in the Twentieth Century's Last Decades
  • Chapter Twelve. Immigration Politics and Restrictionism, 1970-2001
  • Chapter Thirteen. The Era of Border Security Immigration after 9/11
  • Epilogue. Past, Present, Future
  • Notes
  • Index