The Ambivalent Welcome: Print Media, Public Opinion and Immigration Contributor(s): Simon, Rita James (Author), Alexander, Susan H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275944921 ISBN-13: 9780275944926 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1993 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Social Science | Demography |
Dewey: 304.873 |
LCCN: 92032671 |
Lexile Measure: 1610 |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.31 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Ambivalent Welcome describes how leading magazines and the New York Times covered and interpreted U.S. immigration policy, and public attitudes about the impact of immigrants on the American economy and social fabric. Rita J. Simon and Susan H. Alexander examine print media coverage of immigration issues from 1880, the onset of the new immigration, to the present, and find that most magazines, like most Americans, have vehemently opposed new immigrants. Part One begins with a chapter providing statistics on the number of immigrants and refugees by country of origin from 1810 to 1990, and estimates of the number of illegals who have entered the United States. Chapter 2 discusses U.S. immigration acts and summarizes the major political party platforms on immigration from the mid-nineteenth century through the present. Results of all national poll data regarding immigrants and refugees since the availability of such data (1930s) are reported in Chapter 3. Part Two discusses in detail particular magazines, including North American Review, Saturday Evening Post, Literary Digest, Harper's, Scribner's, Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, Christian Century, Commentary, Commonweal, Reader's Digest, Time, Life, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and the editorials of the New York Times. Following a summary chapter, Appendix A provides a profile of each of the magazines, including the date of its founding, its editors and publishers, circulation, characteristics of its readers, and an assessment of its influence on immigration. Appendix B describes the major American anti-immigration movements. |