American Immigration

American Immigration

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780226406336
Untertitel:
Englisch
Genre:
Geschichte
Autor:
Maldwyn Allen Jones
Herausgeber:
The University of Chicago Press
Auflage:
Second Edition
Anzahl Seiten:
361
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.04.1992
ISBN:
978-0-226-40633-6

Autorentext
Maldwyn Allen Jones is Commonwealth Fund Professor Emeritus of American history at the University of London.

Klappentext
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.

Zusammenfassung
In this new edition, Jones brings his history of immigration to the United States up to 1990. His new chapter covers the major changes in immigration patterns caused by changes in legislation, such as the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.


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