ISBN:
9781444338836
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1295 S.)
Series Statement:
Blackwell companions to American history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als A companion to American Immigration
DDC:
304.8/73
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
A Companion to American Immigration is an authoritative collection of original essays by leading scholars on the major topics and themes underlying American immigration history.Focuses on the two most important periods in American Immigration history: the Industrial Revolution (1820-1930) and the Globalizing Era (Cold War to the present)Provides an in-depth treatment of central themes, including economic circumstances, acculturation, social mobility, and assimilationIncludes an introductory essay by the volume editor
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Policy and Politics; Chapter One: A Nation of Immigrants and a Gatekeeping Nation: American Immigration Law and Policy; Definitions and Major Directions; Building America's Gates: 1875-1930s; Half-Open Gates, 1924-65; Continuity and Change: Post-1965 Immigration Law; Conclusion: A Global Era of Immigration Policy; References; Chapter Two: Naturalization and Nationality; Boundary Control: Naturalization Laws, Nationality and Becoming American
Description / Table of Contents:
Who Naturalizes? Understanding Immigrants' Acquisition of US CitizenshipGender and Citizenship; The Role of Residence on Naturalization; Diversity, Culture and American Nationhood; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter Three: Immigration and Ethnic Politics; The Party Period; The Rise of Interest Group Politics; The Multicultural Era; References; Chapter Four: Immigrant Transnationals and US Foreign Relations; Case Studies; Conclusions; References; Chapter Five: Bodies from Abroad: Immigration, Health, and Disease; References; Further Reading
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter Six: The Politics of Immigration and the Rise of the Migration State: Comparative and Historical PerspectivesIntroduction; The Political Aspect of Immigration; The Rise of Rights-Based Politics; The Rise of the Migration State; Conclusion; References; Part II: Ethnicity, Race, and Nation; Chapter Seven: Ethnic and Racial Identity; References; Chapter Eight: Nativism and Prejudice Against Immigrants; References; Chapter Nine: Assimilation and American National Identity; The Relationship Between National Identity and Assimilation; What is Assimilation?
Description / Table of Contents:
The Relationship Between the Problematic Nature of American National Identity and AssimilationAmerican History, Models of National Identity, and Insistence Upon Assimilation; "Is Assimilation Dead?" Perception and Reality; Conclusion; References; Chapter Ten: Internationalization and Transnationalization; The Transnational Moment; Lines of Direction in Transnational Analysis of International Migration; Implications of Transnational Theory; The Novelty of Contemporary Patterns of International Migration; Historians' understandings of transnationalization; New Directions, Old Knowledge
Description / Table of Contents:
The Transnational Present as HistoryNotes; References; Chapter Eleven: Immigration and Race Relations; "Immigration"; "And"; "Race"; "Relations"; New Words; References; Part III: Population and Society; Chapter Twelve: Demography and American Immigration; The Three Forces of Demographic Change; The Near-Universality of Fertility Decline; The Demographic Significance of Immigration; Demographic Interactions between Low Fertility and Immigration: "Replacement Migration"; Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter Thirteen: Gender and Immigration; Developing the Concept of Gender 1960-2000
Description / Table of Contents:
Early National Period
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
