Immigration (Triumph and Tragedy in History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598840126 ISBN 13: 9781598840124

Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2006

Synopsis

With this workbook, teachers can turn the classroom into a lively forum for discussing the high-impact issue of immigration policy in the United States. * A chronology marking the waves and cycles of immigration in the United States, from the "open door" era of the 19th century to the "storm door" era of the present * A rich collection of primary sources including first-person accounts from Chinese immigrants and Mexican braceros, historical photographs, and more

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Synopsis:

With this workbook, teachers can turn the classroom into a lively forum for discussing the high-impact issue of immigration policy in the United States. Few issues have affected American history as deeply as immigration. In the past two centuries, the United States has absorbed nearly 70 million immigrants from over 170 countries, and today, nearly two-thirds of all immigrants worldwide come to the United States. But in the post-9/11 world, with anxieties over terrorism, the economy, and national identity, immigration is a more controversial topic than ever. "Triumph and Tragedy: Immigration" offers teachers a way to give their coverage of immigration policy in the United States a compelling immediacy. Central to the workbook are its two defining moments studies: the first on the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), which codified racial prejudice toward Chinese immigrants and reversed the United States' "open door" policy of unlimited immigration; the second on the Bracero Program, a series of agreements between the United States and Mexico that established a temporary worker program for Mexican farm labors in the southwestern United States.

As students work through the case studies, drawing on the wealth of background material provided, they will learn to think critically about the evolving relationship between the immigrant population and the government that regulates it.

About this edition

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1598840126
• ISBN 13: 9781598840124
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 149
• Editor: Heinzer Holly M