American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction: Very Short Introductions
Autor David A. Gerberen Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 iun 2011
Historian David Gerber begins by examining the many legal efforts to curb immigration and to define who is and is not an American, ranging from the Naturalization Law of 1795 (which applied only to free-born white persons) to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the Emergency Quota Act of 1921, and the reform-minded Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which opened the door to millions of newcomers, the vast majority from Asia and Latin America. The book also looks at immigration from the perspective of the migrant--farmers and industrial workers, mechanics and domestics, highly trained professionals and small-business owners--who willingly pulled up stakes for the promise of a better life. Throughout, the book sheds light on the relationships between race and ethnicity in the life of these groups and in the formation of American society, and it stresses the marked continuities across waves of immigration and across different racial and ethnic groups.
A fascinating and even-handed historical account, this book puts into perspective the longer history of calls for stronger immigration laws and the on-going debates over the place of immigrants in American society.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780195331783
ISBN-10: 0195331788
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: 12 black and white halftones
Dimensiuni: 115 x 173 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Seria Very Short Introductions
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0195331788
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: 12 black and white halftones
Dimensiuni: 115 x 173 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Seria Very Short Introductions
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Descriere
Americans
have
come
from
every
corner
of
the
globe,
and
they
have
been
brought
together
by
a
variety
of
historical
processes—conquest,
colonialism,
the
slave
trade,
territorial
acquisition,
and
voluntary
immigration.
A
thoughtful
look
at
immigration,
anti-immigration
sentiments,
and
the
motivations
and
experiences
of
the
migrants
themselves,
this
book
offers
a
compact
but
wide-ranging
look
at
one
of
America's
hottest
issues.
Historian
David
Gerber
begins
by
examining
the
many
legal
efforts
to
curb
immigration
and
to
define
who
is
and
is
not
an
American,
ranging
from
the
Naturalization
Law
of
1795
(which
applied
only
to
"free-born
white
persons")
to
the
Chinese
Exclusion
Act
of
1882,
the
Emergency
Quota
Act
of
1921,
and
the
reform-minded
Immigration
and
Nationality
Act
of
1965,
which
opened
the
door
to
millions
of
newcomers,
the
vast
majority
from
Asia
and
Latin
America.
The
book
also
looks
at
immigration
fromthe
perspective
of
the
migrant—farmers
and
industrial
workers,
mechanics
and
domestics,
highly
trained
professionals
and
small-business
owners—who
willingly
pulled
up
stakes
for
the
promise
of
a
better
life.
Throughout,
the
book
sheds
light
on
the
relationships
between
race
and
ethnicity
in
thelife
of
these
groups
and
in
the
formation
of
American
society,
and
it
stresses
the
marked
continuities
across
waves
of
immigration
and
across
different
racial
and
ethnic
groups.
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readable.
Notă biografică
David
A.
Gerber
is
Distinguished
Professor
of
History
at
the
University
at
Buffalo.
He
is
the
author
of
The
Making
of
an
American
Pluralism
and
Authors
of
Their
Lives.