American ImmigrationImmigration, writes Maldwyn Allen Jones, was America's historic raison d'être. Reminding us that the history of immigration to the United States is also the history of emigration from somewhere else, Mr. Jones considers the forces that uprooted emigrants from their homes in different parts of the world and analyzes the social, economic, and psychological adjustments that American life demanded of them—adjustments essentially the same for the Jamestown settlers and for Vietnamese refugees. As well as measuring the impact of America on the lives of the sixty million or so immigrants who have arrived since 1607, he assesses their role in industrialization, the westward movement, labor organization, politics, foreign policy, the growth of American nationalism, and the theory and practice of democracy. In this new edition, Jones brings his history of immigration to the United States up to 1990. His new chapter covers the major changes in immigration patterns caused by changes in legislation, such as the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. "It is done with a grasp of regional, chronological, national and racial information, plus that 'feel' for the situation which can come only from the vast resources and a gift for interpretation."—A. T. DeGroot, Christian Century "A scholarly contribution, based on a thorough mastery of the subject."—Carl Wittke, Journal of Southern History |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ethnic Discord and the Growth of American Nationality | 33 |
The New Nation and Its Immigrants 17831815 | 55 |
The Rise of Mass Immigration 181560 | 78 |
Patterns of Distribution and of Adjustment 181560 | 100 |
Nativism Sectional Controversy and Civil War 183065 | 126 |
Immigrants in Industrial America 18651920 | 179 |
The Demand for Restriction 18821924 | 212 |
The Consequences of Restriction 192459 | 239 |
The New American Mosaic 196091 | 264 |
Conclusion | 291 |
Important Dates | 303 |
Suggested Reading | 309 |
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| Title | American Immigration Chicago history of American civilization; The Chicago history of American civilization The Chicago History of American Civilization, ISSN 0069-3278 |
| Author | Maldwyn Allen Jones |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0226406334, 9780226406336 |
| Length | 353 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Emigration & Immigration Social Science / General |
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