ISBN:
041593592X
,
0415935938
,
9780415935920
,
9780415935937
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xx, 721 p)
,
ill., maps
,
26 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Almost All Aliens : Immigration, Race, and Colonialism in American History and Identity
DDC:
304.8/73
Keywords:
Discrimination
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
Government policy
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Almost All Aliens offers a unique reinterpretation of immigration in the history of the United States. Leaving behind the traditional melting-pot model of immigrant assimilation, Paul Spickard puts forward a fresh and provocative reconceptualization that embraces the multicultural reality of immigration that has always existed in the United States. His astute study illustrates the complex relationship between ethnic identity and race, slavery, and colonial expansion. Examining not only the lives of those who crossed the Atlantic, but also those who crossed the Pacific, the Caribbean, and the N
Description / Table of Contents:
AcknowledgmentsPreface -- 1.Immigration, race, ethnicity, colonialismBeyond Ellis Island--how not to think about immigration historyWords matter2.Colliding peoples in Eastern North America, 1600-1780In the beginning there were IndiansThere goes the neighborhood : European incursion and "settlement"Amixed multitude : European migrantsOut of AfricaMerging peoples, blending cultures3. AnAnglo-American republic? Racial citizenship, 1760-1860Slavery and anti-slavery in the era of the American RevolutionFree white persons : defining membershipPlaying Indian : white appropriations of Native American symbols and identitiesEuropean immigrantsIssues in European migrationNativismWere the Irish ever not white?4. Theborder crossed us : Euro-Americans take the continent, 1830-1900U.S. colonial expansion across North AmericaTaking the Mexican northlandsRacial replacementEast from AsiaSlave and citizenColonialism and race making5. Thegreat wave, 1870-1930From new sources and old, to America and backMaking a multiethnic working class in the West6.Cementing hierarchy : issues and interpretations, 1870-1930How they lived and workedGender and migrationAngles of entryMaking Jim Crow in the SouthMaking racial and ethnic hierarchy in the NorthEmpire and race makingLaw, race, and immigrationRacialist pseudoscience and its offspringAnti-immigrant movementsInterpretive issues7.White people's America, 1924-1965Recruiting citizensRecruiting guest workersIndians or citizens?World War IICracks in white hegemonyRacial fairness and the Immigration Act of 19658.New migrants from new places since 1965Some migrants we knowFrom AsiaFrom the AmericasFrom EuropeFrom AfricaContinuing involvements abroad9.Redefining membership amid multiplicity since 1965Immigration reform, again and againPanethnic powerDisgruntled white peopleNew issues in a new era10. Epilogue :future uncertain : race, ethnicity, and immigration at the dawn of the twenty-first centuryProjecting the futureImmigration issuesRepriseAppendicesAppendix A.Chronology of immigration and naturalization laws and decisionsAppendix B.TablesNotesIllustration permission acknowledgmentsAlso by Paul SpickardIndex.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-666) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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