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Turning Points in World History - Immigration (paperback edition)
March 12, 2001, Greenhaven Press
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A brief history of immigration in the United States
THE FIRST GREAT WAVE: EUROPEAN EMIGRATION FORM 1830 TO 1880: Seeking economic opportunity in the United States / Leonard Dinnerstein and David M. Reimers
The business of encouraging immigration / Carol Wittke
European left home for many reasons / Maldwyn Allen Jones
Immigrant destinations / Maxine Seller
The rise of anti-immigrant sentiment / Roger Daniels
THE SECOND GREAT WAVE: EUROPEAN EMIGRATION FORM 1880 TO 1924: Immigrants and their accomplishments / John F. Kennedy
Ellis Island: the first stop for most immigrants / Georges Perec with Robert Bober
Settlement and work for the new immigrants / Sean Dennis Cashman
Assimilating the new immigrants / Richard Krickus
The challenges of fitting in / Philip Taylor
EMIGRATION FROM ASIA: America wanted Asian workers / Ronald Takaki
Chinese and Japanese emigrants find their way / Robert A. Wilson and Bill Hosokawa
Chinese immogrants adapted well / Jack Chen
The Japanese were unique among immigrant groups / Thomas Sowell
Americans from Asia: the Filipinos / H. Brett Melendy
EMIGRATION FROM MEXICO: Moving from Mexican to American control / James Diego Vigil
Many Mexicans were only temporary residents / Lawrence H. Fuchs
Mexican emigrants could only partially assimilate / Richard Griswold Castillo and Arnoldo De Leon
THE OPEN DOOR CLOSES: Emigration from China is restricted first / Ellis Case
The rising anti-immigrant tide / David M. Reimers
Restricting immigration was good for America / Roy Beck
World War I encouraged immigration restrictions / John Higham.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-243) and index.
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