American Immigration - 2nd edition
American Immigration - 2nd edition
ISBN13: 9780226406336
ISBN10: 0226406334
Edition: 2ND 92
Copyright: 1992
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1992
International: No
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Summary
Immigration, writes Maldwyn Allen Jones, was America's historic raison d'etre. 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.
Table of Contents
I American Foundations, 1607-1776
II Ethnic Discord and the Growth of American Nationality, 1685-1790
III The New Nation and Its Immigrants, 1783-1815
IV The Rise of Mass Immigration, 1815-60
V Patterns of Distribution and of Adjustment, 1815-60
VI Nativism, Sectional Controversy, and Civil War, 1830-65
VII New Sources of Immigration, 1860-1914
VIII Immigrants in Industrial America, 1865-1920
IX The Demand for Restriction, 1882-1924
X The Consequences of Restriction, 1924-59
XI The New American Mosaic, 1960-91
Conclusion
Important Dates
Suggested Reading
Additional Bibliography
Index
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Immigration, writes Maldwyn Allen Jones, was America's historic raison d'etre. 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.
I American Foundations, 1607-1776
II Ethnic Discord and the Growth of American Nationality, 1685-1790
III The New Nation and Its Immigrants, 1783-1815
IV The Rise of Mass Immigration, 1815-60
V Patterns of Distribution and of Adjustment, 1815-60
VI Nativism, Sectional Controversy, and Civil War, 1830-65
VII New Sources of Immigration, 1860-1914
VIII Immigrants in Industrial America, 1865-1920
IX The Demand for Restriction, 1882-1924
X The Consequences of Restriction, 1924-59
XI The New American Mosaic, 1960-91
Conclusion
Important Dates
Suggested Reading
Additional Bibliography
Index
Published: 1992
International: No
Summary
Immigration, writes Maldwyn Allen Jones, was America's historic raison d'etre. 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.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
I American Foundations, 1607-1776
II Ethnic Discord and the Growth of American Nationality, 1685-1790
III The New Nation and Its Immigrants, 1783-1815
IV The Rise of Mass Immigration, 1815-60
V Patterns of Distribution and of Adjustment, 1815-60
VI Nativism, Sectional Controversy, and Civil War, 1830-65
VII New Sources of Immigration, 1860-1914
VIII Immigrants in Industrial America, 1865-1920
IX The Demand for Restriction, 1882-1924
X The Consequences of Restriction, 1924-59
XI The New American Mosaic, 1960-91
Conclusion
Important Dates
Suggested Reading
Additional Bibliography
Index