Foreign Relations: American Immigration in Global Perspective

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Princeton University Press, Mar 12, 2012 - History - 288 pages
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A new history exploring U.S. immigration in global context

Histories investigating U.S. immigration have often portrayed America as a domestic melting pot, merging together those who arrive on its shores. Yet this is not a truly accurate depiction of the nation's complex connections to immigration. Offering a brand-new global history of the subject, Foreign Relations takes a comprehensive look at the links between American immigration and U.S. foreign relations. Donna Gabaccia examines America’s relationship to immigration and its debates through the prism of the nation’s changing foreign policy over the past two centuries. She shows that immigrants were not isolationists who cut ties to their countries of origin or their families. Instead, their relations to America were often in flux and dependent on government policies of the time.

An innovative history of U.S. immigration, Foreign Relations casts a fresh eye on a compelling and controversial topic.

 

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Contents

Introduction
1
Chapter 1 Isolated or Independent? American Immigration before 1850
24
Chapter 2 Empire and the Discovery of Immigrant Foreign Relations 18501924
70
Protection in a Dangerous World 18501965
122
Chapter 4 Immigration and Globalization 1965 to the Present
176
The Inalienable Right of Man to Change His Home and Allegiance
222
Suggestions for Further Reading
235
Notes
247
Index
263
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About the author (2012)

Donna R. Gabaccia is professor of history and former director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota. Her many books include We Are What We Eat and Immigration and American Diversity.

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TitleForeign Relations: American Immigration in Global Perspective
Volume 9 of America in the World
AuthorDonna R. Gabaccia
Editionreprint
PublisherPrinceton University Press, 2012
ISBN1400842220, 9781400842223
Length288 pages
Subjects ›  › 

History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
History / United States / General
History / World
Political Science / International Relations / Diplomacy
Social Science / Emigration & Immigration
  
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