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A good contribution to the study of immigration in the U.S. and is recommended for high school and public libraries. Even libraries that own some of the larger sets on which it is based will appreciate the convenience of having widely scattered material pulled together in two volumes.
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Immigration in US History

Editors: Carl L. Bankston III and Danielle Hidalgo,
    both of Tulane University
ISBN: 978-1-58765-266-0
List Price: $120

February 2006 · 2 volumes · 784 pages · 6"x9"

Immigration in US History
Table of Contents

Volume 1
Accent discrimination, 1
African immigrants, 3
Afro-Caribbean immigrants, 11
Alien and Sedition Acts, 15
Alien land laws, 19
Amerasians, 22
American Jewish Committee, 26
Anglo-conformity, 27
Anti-Irish Riots of 1844, 29
Arab American intergroup relations, 33
Arab American stereotypes, 38
Arab immigrants, 41
Ashkenazic and German Jewish immigrants, 49
Asian American education, 52
Asian American Legal Defense Fund, 56
Asian American literature, 57
Asian American stereotypes, 60
Asian American women, 63
Asian Indian immigrants, 67
Asian Indian immigrants and family customs, 72
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, 76
Assimilation theories, 79
Au pairs, 84
Bilingual education, 85
Bilingual Education Act of 1968, 90
Border Patrol, U.S., 96
Bracero program, 103
British as dominant group, 107
Burlingame Treaty, 109
Cable Act, 113
California gold rush, 115
Celtic Irish, 119
Censuses, U.S., 120
Chicano movement, 125
Chinatowns, 130
Chinese American Citizens Alliance, 133
Chinese detentions in New York, 138
Chinese Exclusion Act, 140
Chinese exclusion cases, 144
Chinese immigrants, 146
Chinese immigrants and California’s gold rush, 151
Chinese immigrants and family customs, 155
Chinese Six Companies, 160
Citizenship, 164
Clotilde slave ship, 168
Coast Guard, U.S., 172
Coolies, 174
Cuban immigrants, 176
Cuban immigrants and African Americans, 180
Cuban refugee policy, 184
Cultural pluralism, 188
Demographics of immigration,

190
Deportation, 195
Discrimination, 201
Dominican immigrants, 207
Eastern European Jewish immigrants, 212
English-only and official English movements, 214
Ethnic enclaves, 219
Euro-Americans, 222
European immigrant literature, 224
European immigrants, 1790-1892, 235
European immigrants, 1892-1943, 240
Family businesses, 246
Farmworkers’ union, 251
Federal riot of 1799, 257
Filipino immigrants, 258
Filipino immigrants and family customs, 264
Florida illegal-immigrant suit, 267
Garment industry, 270
Generational acculturation, 273
Gentlemen’s Agreement, 276
German and Irish immigration of the 1840’s, 281
German immigrants, 284
González rescue, 290
Green cards, 293
Gypsy immigrants, 295
Haitian boat people, 297
Haitian immigrants, 300
Hansen effect, 303
Hawaiian and Pacific islander immigrants, 304
Head money cases, 309
Helsinki Watch report on U.S. refugee policy, 310
History of U.S. immigration, 316
Hmong immigrants, 324
Homeland Security Department, 327
Hull-House, 332
Illegal aliens, 334
Immigrant advantage, 338
Immigration Act of 1917, 339
Immigration Act of 1921, 343
Immigration Act of 1924, 349
Immigration Act of 1943, 353
Immigration Act of 1990, 356
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 358
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, 362
Immigration and Naturalization Service, 366
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha, 371
Immigration “crisis,” 372
Immigration law, 376
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, 383
Indentured servitude, 387


Volume 2
Indigenous superordination, 391
Iranian immigrants, 392
Irish immigrants, 395
Irish immigrants and African Americans, 400
Irish immigrants and discrimination, 402
Irish stereotypes, 403
Israeli immigrants, 405
Italian immigrants, 409
Jamaican immigrants, 415
Jamestown colony, 419
Japanese American Citizens League, 424
Japanese American internment, 427
Japanese immigrants, 431
Japanese Peruvians, 437
Japanese segregation in California schools, 438
Jewish immigrants, 443
Jewish settlement of New York, 449
Jews and Arab Americans, 454
Justice and immigration, 458
Know-Nothing Party, 465
Korean immigrants, 466
Korean immigrants and African Americans, 469
Korean immigrants and family customs, 473
Ku Klux Klan, 477
Latinos, 481
Latinos and employment, 488
Latinos and family customs, 494
Lau v. Nichols, 499
League of United Latin American Citizens, 503
Literature, 507
Little Havana, 512
Little Italies, 514
Little Tokyos, 516
Machine politics, 518
Mail-order brides, 521
Mariel boatlift, 524
Melting pot, 529
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, 531
Mexican deportations during the Depression, 533
Middle Eastern immigrant families, 538
Migrant superordination, 542
Migration, 542
Model minorities, 549
Mongrelization, 554
Muslims, 555
Nativism, 558
Naturalization, 562
Naturalization Act of 1790, 569
Nguyen v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 571
Operation Wetback, 572
Ozawa v. United States, 576
Page law, 579
Palmer raids, 584
Picture brides, 589
Plyler v. Doe, 590
Polish immigrants, 594
Proposition 187, 598
Proposition 227, 600
Push and pull factors, 604
Racial and ethnic demographic trends, 606
Refugee fatigue, 612
Refugee Relief Act of 1953, 614
Refugees and racial/ethnic relations, 618
Russian immigrants, 622
Sacco and Vanzetti trial, 626
Santería, 629
Scandinavian immigrants, 630
Scotch-Irish immigrants, 635
Sephardic Jews, 636
September 11 terrorist attacks, 637
Settlement house movement, 643
Sikh immigrants, 647
Southeast Asian immigrants, 649
Soviet Jewish immigrants, 653
Taiwanese immigrants, 655
Thai garment worker enslavement, 657
Tibetan immigrants, 659
Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, 661
Twice migrants, 664
Undocumented workers, 665
Universal Negro Improvement Association, 667
Vietnamese immigrants, 670
Visas, 676
War brides, 681
War Brides Act, 685
West Indian immigrants, 689
White ethnics, 693
Women immigrants, 694
Wong Kim Ark case, 699
Xenophobia, 702
“Yellow peril” campaign, 707
Zadvydas v. Davis, 711

Appendices
Bibliography, 715
Time Line of U.S. Immigration History, 723

Indexes
Category Index, 737
Index of Court Cases, 747
Index of Laws and Treaties, 749
Index of Personages, 753
Subject Index, 759


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