The Making of Modern Immigration
An Encyclopedia of People and Ideas [2 volumes]
Published on 13. February 2012
Book
978-0-313-39202-3 (ISBN)
Description
Combining the insight of two-dozen expert contributors to examine key figures, events, and policies over 200 years of U.S. immigration history, this work illuminates the foundations of the ethnic and socioeconomic makeup of our nation.
The two-volume The Making of Modern Immigration: An Encyclopedia of People and Ideas is organized around a series of four dozen in-depth essays on specific aspects of American immigration history since the founding of the Republic. This encyclopedia addresses the major historical themes and contemporary research trends related to U.S. immigration, canvassing all the major policy endeavors on immigration in the last two centuries.
In addition to documenting immigration policy, the contributors devote extensive attention to the historiography of immigration, supplementing theories with cutting-edge sociological data. Not content with providing a comprehensive overview of immigration history, however, the work also offers probing investigations of key figures behind the ideas that have shaped the nation's self-understanding. Taken as a whole, this seminal work lifts out the personalities and policies that surround the composition of America's national identity, illuminating the past as a series of lessons for the future.
The two-volume The Making of Modern Immigration: An Encyclopedia of People and Ideas is organized around a series of four dozen in-depth essays on specific aspects of American immigration history since the founding of the Republic. This encyclopedia addresses the major historical themes and contemporary research trends related to U.S. immigration, canvassing all the major policy endeavors on immigration in the last two centuries.
In addition to documenting immigration policy, the contributors devote extensive attention to the historiography of immigration, supplementing theories with cutting-edge sociological data. Not content with providing a comprehensive overview of immigration history, however, the work also offers probing investigations of key figures behind the ideas that have shaped the nation's self-understanding. Taken as a whole, this seminal work lifts out the personalities and policies that surround the composition of America's national identity, illuminating the past as a series of lessons for the future.
Reviews / Votes
The wide variety of essays emphasizes the relationship between people and ideas and the contextualization of the two in the development of the immigration debate. These well-organized, well-written volumes provide researchers with useful overviews on diverse immigration issues. Summing up: Recommended. * Choice * The Making of Modern Immigration fills a gap in the literature and is recommended for most publicand academic libraries. * Booklist * A good jumping-off point for college and adult users interested in immigration history. * Library Journal *
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Illustrations
50 bw illus
Weight
2268 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-39202-3 (9780313392023)
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Person
Patrick J. Hayes, PhD, is archivist for the Baltimore Province of the Redemptorists based in Brooklyn, NY. He was formerly visiting scholar in theology at the University of Makeni, Sierra Leone.
Content
The Making of Modern Immigration: An Introduction,
Patrick J. Hayes
Volume 1
Jane Addams (1860-1935): Settling in the American City,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Alien and Sedition Acts,
Rochelle Raineri Zuck
Assimilation versus Absorption,
Utku Sezgin
Asylees,
Joanna L. Mosser
Lyman Beecher (1775-1863): The No Popery Crusade,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Bilingualism,
Julia C. Skinner
Boat People (1975-2000),
Carmen DeMichele
Brain Drain,
John H. Barnhill
Canadian Immigration to the United States,
David Pieper
Emanuel Celler/Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,
Christina Anne Ziegler-McPherson
Cesar Chavez (1927-1993): Migrant Farmworkers,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Laura Fermi (1907-1977): Illustrious Immigrants,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Henry Ford (1863-1947): The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Madison Grant (1865-1937): The Passing of the Great Race,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Oscar Handlin (1915-2011): The Uprooted and Other Images of Immigration,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
John Joseph Hughes (1797-1864): Definitions of "Assimilation,"
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Immigration and the Arts,
Matthew Peterson
Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Sofya Aptekar
Immigration and Disability,
Douglas C. Baynton
Immigration and the Military,
Cristina Ioana Dragomir
Immigration and Nationality Act (1952)/McCarran-Walter Act,
Maddalena Marinari
Immigration and the Nazi Era,
Jeffrey Scott Demsky
Immigration and Politics,
Aristide R. Zolberg
Volume 2
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986,
Jean-Paul R. deGuzman
Immigration and Religion,
Patrick J. Hayes
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826): "A Right Which Nature Has Given to All Men,"
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Denis Kearney (1847-1907): "The Chinese Must Go!,"
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009): Immigration as a Solution to Other Problems,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924): Immigration Restriction as National Policy,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Patrick Anthony McCarran (1876-1954): Cold War Immigration,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
The Melting Pot versus Tapestry Debate,
Alexander I. Stingl
Kerby Miller and the Study of the Irish Immigrant in America,
Bryan McGovern
9/11 Commission,
Philip A. Kretsedemas
A. Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936): Red Scare,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Joseph Petrosino (1860-1909): International Criminal Conspiracies,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Refugees at Oswego,
Kathleen R. Warnes
Remittances,
Lukasz Albanski
Jacob A. Riis (1849-1914): How the Other Half Lives,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919): Race Suicide,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Sanctuary Movement,
Nicholas Rademacher
Alan K. Simpson (1931-): "There Can Be No Perfect Immigration Reform Bill,"
Mary Elizabeth Brown
John Tanton (1934-): Of Grass and Grassroots,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
U.S.-Mexico Border Violence,
Judith Ann Warner and Patrick J. Hayes
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915): "Cast Down Your Buckets Where You Are,"
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Yellow Peril: The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) to the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924,
Ariane Knuesel
An Immigration Timeline of the United States,
Selected Bibliography,
Index,
About the Editor and Contributors,
Patrick J. Hayes
Volume 1
Jane Addams (1860-1935): Settling in the American City,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Alien and Sedition Acts,
Rochelle Raineri Zuck
Assimilation versus Absorption,
Utku Sezgin
Asylees,
Joanna L. Mosser
Lyman Beecher (1775-1863): The No Popery Crusade,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Bilingualism,
Julia C. Skinner
Boat People (1975-2000),
Carmen DeMichele
Brain Drain,
John H. Barnhill
Canadian Immigration to the United States,
David Pieper
Emanuel Celler/Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,
Christina Anne Ziegler-McPherson
Cesar Chavez (1927-1993): Migrant Farmworkers,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Laura Fermi (1907-1977): Illustrious Immigrants,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Henry Ford (1863-1947): The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Madison Grant (1865-1937): The Passing of the Great Race,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Oscar Handlin (1915-2011): The Uprooted and Other Images of Immigration,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
John Joseph Hughes (1797-1864): Definitions of "Assimilation,"
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Immigration and the Arts,
Matthew Peterson
Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Sofya Aptekar
Immigration and Disability,
Douglas C. Baynton
Immigration and the Military,
Cristina Ioana Dragomir
Immigration and Nationality Act (1952)/McCarran-Walter Act,
Maddalena Marinari
Immigration and the Nazi Era,
Jeffrey Scott Demsky
Immigration and Politics,
Aristide R. Zolberg
Volume 2
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986,
Jean-Paul R. deGuzman
Immigration and Religion,
Patrick J. Hayes
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826): "A Right Which Nature Has Given to All Men,"
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Denis Kearney (1847-1907): "The Chinese Must Go!,"
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009): Immigration as a Solution to Other Problems,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924): Immigration Restriction as National Policy,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Patrick Anthony McCarran (1876-1954): Cold War Immigration,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
The Melting Pot versus Tapestry Debate,
Alexander I. Stingl
Kerby Miller and the Study of the Irish Immigrant in America,
Bryan McGovern
9/11 Commission,
Philip A. Kretsedemas
A. Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936): Red Scare,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Joseph Petrosino (1860-1909): International Criminal Conspiracies,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Refugees at Oswego,
Kathleen R. Warnes
Remittances,
Lukasz Albanski
Jacob A. Riis (1849-1914): How the Other Half Lives,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919): Race Suicide,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Sanctuary Movement,
Nicholas Rademacher
Alan K. Simpson (1931-): "There Can Be No Perfect Immigration Reform Bill,"
Mary Elizabeth Brown
John Tanton (1934-): Of Grass and Grassroots,
Mary Elizabeth Brown
U.S.-Mexico Border Violence,
Judith Ann Warner and Patrick J. Hayes
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915): "Cast Down Your Buckets Where You Are,"
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Yellow Peril: The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) to the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924,
Ariane Knuesel
An Immigration Timeline of the United States,
Selected Bibliography,
Index,
About the Editor and Contributors,