Immigration a documentary and reference guide /

• Other Authors: Cieslik, Thomas, 1972-, Felsen, David., Kalaitzidis, Akis, 1969-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2009.
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.; United States > Emigration and immigration.; United States > Politics and government.; Electronic books.
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Identifies the major waves of immigration and clarifies the ways in which the existing social and political fabric conditioned both the response to the newcomers and their prospects of eventual integration into American society.

Table of Contents:

• Immigration from Colonial times to the Revolution / by David Felsen
• Immigration and America's expansion in the 1800s / by David Felsen
• The great wave of immigration from 1880 to 1920 / by David Felsen
• Immigration to the United States during the 1920s and 1930s / by Akis Kalaitzidis
• Immigration in the early postwar period / by Akis Kalaitzidis
• From the quota system to the preference system / by Akis Kalaitzidis
• The growing immigration debate in the 1980s and 1990s / by Akis Kalaitzidis
• The response to immigration after September 11, 2001 / by David Felsen
• Mexico and the U.S. immigration debate / by David Felsen
• The security debate and immigration / by Thomas Cieslik
• The judiciary and U.S. immigration policy / by Thomas Cieslik
• The immigration debate and the U.S. economy / by Thomas Cieslik
• Immigration and electoral campaign politics / by Thomas Cieslik.