American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) 1st Edition, (Ebook PDF) – Digital Instant Dowload.

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195331788
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195331783
• Author: David A. Gerber

Americans have come from every corner of the globe, and they have been brought together by a variety of historical processes–conquest, colonialism, the slave trade, territorial acquisition, and voluntary immigration. A thoughtful look at immigration, anti-immigration sentiments, and the motivations and experiences of the migrants themselves, this book offers a compact but wide-ranging look at one of America’s persistent hot-button issues.

Table contents:

Part I The law of immigration and the legal construction of citizenship
1. Unregulated immigration and its opponents from Colonial America to the mid-nineteenth century
2. Regulation and exclusion
3. Removing barriers and debating consequences

Part II Emigration and immigration from international migrants’ perspectives
4. Mass population movements and resettlement, 1820-1924
5. Mass population movements and resettlement, 1965 to the present

Part III The dialogue of ethnicity and assimilation
6. The widening mainstream
7. The future of assimilation