American Immigration

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. 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. "It is done with a grasp of regional, chronological, national and racial information, plus that 'feel' for the situation which can come only from the vast resources and a gift for interpretation."--A. T. DeGroot, "Christian Century " "A scholarly contribution, based on a thorough mastery of the subject."--Carl Wittke, " Journal of Southern History "

ISBN 0226406342   Pages 366 ISBN13 9780226406343 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 622 Publisher The University of Chicago Press   Published in Chicago, IL Imprint University of Chicago Press   Series editor Boorstin, Daniel J., Boorstin, Daniel J. Format Hardback   Series title Chicago History of American Civilization S. Publication date 01 Mar 1992   Height (mm) 210 Library of Congress JV6450.J6   Width (mm) 140 DEWEY 325.73   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Editor's Foreword to the Second Edition
		Editor's Foreword to the First Edition
		Preface to the Second Edition
		Introduction		1
I		American Foundations, 1607-1776		5
II		Ethnic Discord and the Growth of American Nationality, 1685-1790		33
III		The New Nation and Its Immigrants, 1783-1815		54
IV		The Rise of Mass Immigration, 1815-60		78
V		Patterns of Distribution and of Adjustment, 1815-60		100
VI		Nativism, Sectional Controversy, and Civil War, 1830-65		126
VII		New Sources of Immigration, 1860-1914		152
VIII		Immigrants in Industrial America, 1865-1920		177
IX		The Demand for Restriction, 1882-1924		212
X		The Consequences of Restriction, 1924-59		239
XI		The New American Mosaic, 1960-91		264
		Conclusion		291
		Important Dates		303
		Suggested Reading		309
		Additional Bibliography		325
		Index		333

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