Issues in U.S. Immigration: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1619257084 ISBN 13: 9781619257085

Publisher: Salem Press, 2015

Synopsis

Issues in U.S. ImmigrationDesigned for and written to be understood by high school students and college undergraduates, Immigration in U.S. History offers a clear and innovative approach to immigration history that can also be used by advanced students and scholars. Of the many themes that characterize U.S. history, immigration is one of the most constant and most pervasive. Since the first European and African immigrants began arriving in North America during the early seventeenth century, immigrants have steadily poured into what is now the United States. During the early twenty-first century, that flow has continued unabated--the major difference being that most immigrants now come from Latin America--especially Mexico and Central America--and Asia. Of the 281,421,056 residents of the nation counted by the U.S. Census in 2000, nearly 99 percent traced their ancestry to immigrants who arrived here within in the past four centuries. Moreover, even Native Americans--who make up the remainder--can trace their ancestry to immigrants who came thousands of years earlier. The United States is, indeed, a nation of immigrants. Because the United States is a nation of immigrants, it is obvious that most of the contributions to the building of the country have been made by immigrants and their descendants. Nevertheless, immigration has long been a subject of debate--and now more than ever, as Americans are increasingly feeling their security threatened by the constant flow of foreigners into the country. Immigration in U.S. History examines the many issues surrounding immigration--from the earliest settlement of British North America in the seventeenth century through the immediate aftermath of the of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of the twenty-first century. It also places special emphasis on the many ethnic communities that have provided American immigrants. Each of the alphabetically arranged articles in Issues in U.S. Immigration opens with the type of ready

About this edition

• Publisher: Salem Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1619257084
• ISBN 13: 9781619257085
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1000