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Encyclopedia of American immigration / James Ciment, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2001Description: 1 online resource (4 volumes) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780765680297
  • 0765680297
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.87303 23
Online resources:
Contents:
Volume 1 -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Immigration history -- Section 1: Prehistory to 1800 -- Section 2: 1800 to 1880s -- Section 3: 1880s to 1920 -- Section 4: 1920 to 1965 -- Section 5: 1965 to the present -- Part II: Immigration issues -- Section 1: Causes -- Section 2: Processes -- Volume 2 -- Section 3: Demographics -- Section 4: Immigrant incorporation and acculturation -- Section 5: Law and legislation -- Section 6: Politics -- Section 7: Economics -- Section 8: Labor -- Section 9: Health, education, and welfare -- Section 10: Culture and society -- Volume 3 -- Section 11: Religion -- Section 12: Destinations -- Section 13: International perspectives -- Part III: Immigrant groups in America -- Section 1: Africa -- Section 2: The Americas -- Section 3: Asia, the Pacific, and the Middle East -- Volume 4 -- Section 4: Europe -- Part IV: Immigration documents -- Section 1: Legal documents -- Section 2: Political platforms, debates, and government reports and rulings -- Section 3: Nongovernmental documents.
Summary: Encyclopedia of American Immigration traces the scope and sweep of U.S. immigration from the earliest colonial settlements to the present, focusing on critical issues as well as the groups of people involved. Every major immigrant group and every era are fully documented and examined through detailed analysis of social, legal, political, economic, and demographic factors.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Volume 1 -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Immigration history -- Section 1: Prehistory to 1800 -- Section 2: 1800 to 1880s -- Section 3: 1880s to 1920 -- Section 4: 1920 to 1965 -- Section 5: 1965 to the present -- Part II: Immigration issues -- Section 1: Causes -- Section 2: Processes -- Volume 2 -- Section 3: Demographics -- Section 4: Immigrant incorporation and acculturation -- Section 5: Law and legislation -- Section 6: Politics -- Section 7: Economics -- Section 8: Labor -- Section 9: Health, education, and welfare -- Section 10: Culture and society -- Volume 3 -- Section 11: Religion -- Section 12: Destinations -- Section 13: International perspectives -- Part III: Immigrant groups in America -- Section 1: Africa -- Section 2: The Americas -- Section 3: Asia, the Pacific, and the Middle East -- Volume 4 -- Section 4: Europe -- Part IV: Immigration documents -- Section 1: Legal documents -- Section 2: Political platforms, debates, and government reports and rulings -- Section 3: Nongovernmental documents.

Encyclopedia of American Immigration traces the scope and sweep of U.S. immigration from the earliest colonial settlements to the present, focusing on critical issues as well as the groups of people involved. Every major immigrant group and every era are fully documented and examined through detailed analysis of social, legal, political, economic, and demographic factors.

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