| Immigration in U.S. History-2 Vol. Set Contributor(s): Bankston, Carl L., III (Author) |
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ISBN: 1587652668 ISBN-13: 9781587652660 Publisher: Salem Press OUR PRICE: $128.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: Immigration in U.S. History examines the many issues surrounding immigration - from the earliest settlement of British North America in the 17th century through the immediate aftermath of the of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of the 21st century. The two-volume set's 193 articles explore immigration from a wide variety of perspectives: border control and law enforcement, court cases, demographics, discrimination, economic and labor issues, events, family issues, government and politics, illegal, language and education, laws and treaties, literature, nativism and racism, refugees, religion, sociological theories, and stereotypes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 304.873 |
| LCCN: 2005033560 |
| Series: Magill's Choice |
| Physical Information: 2.36" H x 6.42" W x 9.3" (3.39 lbs) 768 pages |
| Themes: - Catalog Heading - Social Studies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Of the many themes that characterize U.S. history, immigration is oneof the most constant and most pervasive. Since the first European andAfrican immigrants began arriving in North America during the earlyseventeenth century, immigrants have steadily poured into what is nowthe United States. During the early twenty-first century, that flow hascontinued unabated - the major difference being that most immigrantsnow come from Latin America - especially Mexico and Central America- and Asia. Of the 281,421,056 residents of the nation counted by theU.S. Census in 2000, nearly 99 percent traced their ancestry toimmigrants who arrived here within in the past four centuries. Moreover, even Native Americans - who make up the remainder - can trace theirancestry to immigrants who came thousands of years earlier. TheUnited States is, indeed, a nation of immigrants |