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Immigration in U.S. history / edited by Carl L. Bankston, III, Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo ; project editor, R. Kent Rasmussen. - Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2006. - 2 v. (xxi, 784 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm. - Magill's choice .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This book "places special emphasis on the many ethnic communities that have provided American immigrants. For example, readers will find 17 articles treating African Americans; 56 articles about Asian immigrants, including articles specifically on Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Pacific Islander, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Tibetan, and Vietnamese immigrants; 25 articles on Latino and West Indian immigrants, including articles specifically on Cubans, Dominicans, Haitians, Jamaicans, and Mexicans; 10 articles on Middle Eastern immigrants, including articles specifically on Arabs, Iranians, and Israelis; 37 articles on European immigrants, including articles on German, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Polish, Russian, and Scandinavian immigrants."

ISBN: 1587652668 (set : alk. paper) 1587652676 (v. 1 : alk. paper) 1587652684 (v. 2 : alk. paper) 9781587652660 (set : alk. paper) 9781587652677 (v. 1 : alk. paper) 9781587652684 (v. 2 : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005033560

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Emigration and immigration--History.

LC Class. No.: JV6450 / .I565 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 304.8/7303