A Companion to American Immigration

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Reed Ueda
John Wiley & Sons, Mar 21, 2011 - History - 584 pages
A Companion to American Immigration is an authoritative collection of original essays by leading scholars on the major topics and themes underlying American immigration history.
  • Focuses on the two most important periods in American Immigration history: the Industrial Revolution (1820-1930) and the Globalizing Era (Cold War to the present)
  • Provides an in-depth treatment of central themes, including economic circumstances, acculturation, social mobility, and assimilation
  • Includes an introductory essay by the volume editor.
 

Contents

Perspectives
Introduction
187519305
Chapter Two Naturalization and Nationality
and Becoming American
Acquisition of US Citizenship
Chapter Three Immigration and Ethnic Politics
Chapter Four Immigrant Transnationals and
References
Chapter Fourteen Immigrant Residential
Chapter Fifteen Characteristics of Immigrants to
Notes
Chapter Sixteen Marriage Patterns in Historical
Chapter Sixteen Immigrant Social Mobility and
Education
Chapter Twenty Immigrants in the American

Immigration
Chapter Six The Politics of Immigration and the Rise
Chapter Seven Ethnic and Racial Identity
References
Chapter Nine Assimilation and American National
Chapter Three Internationalization
Chapter Eleven Immigration and Race Relations
Chapter Twelve Demography and American
The Demographic Significance of Immigration
Replacement Migration
Chapter TwentyOne Immigration and American
Chapter TwentyTwo Immigration and Language
Ethnicity
Chapter TwentyThree Immigration and Education
New Purposes New Means and New Students
References
Twentieth Century
Chapter TwentyFive Mutual Aid Societies
References
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About the author (2011)

Reed Ueda is Professor of History at Tufts University. He is the author of Postwar Immigrant America: A Social History (1994).

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