A nation of immigrants /

"Immigration makes America what it is and is formative for what it will become. America was settled by three different models of immigration, all of which persist to the present. The Virginia Colony largely equated immigration with the arrival of laborers, who had few rights. Massachusetts welc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Martin, Susan F. (Susan Forbes)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Immigrants > United States > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Migratie (demografie)
Immigratie.
Migratiebeleid.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Histoire.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. 'Gentlemen, tradesmen, serving-men, libertines'
  • 3. 'A city upon a hill'
  • 4. 'The seed of the nation'
  • 5. Immigration and the formation of the republic
  • 6. Building a nation: 1830-1880
  • 7. The golden door: 1880-1917
  • 8. The triumph of restrictionism: 1882-1924
  • 9. Turning inward: 1924-1964
  • 10. 'A nation of immigrants': 1965-1994
  • 11. A nation of refuge
  • 12. The Pennsylvania model at risk: 1993-2009
  • 13. Looking ahead.

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