Immigration in the United States /
Immigration in the United States /
edited by William Dvorak.
- New York : H.W. Wilson Co., 2009.
- ix, 191 p. ; 26 cm.
- The reference shelf ; v. 81, no. 4 .
- Reference shelf ; v. 81, no. 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The golden door : immigration at the dawn of the 20th century. The great migration / The growth of a nation / A nation of immigrants / Immigration / Ghosts of freedom / An era of uncertainty : immigration from 1965 to today. The problem that refuses to leave / The realities of immigration / Latinos rise nationwide / My life in the promised land / Stirring the melting pot : social and cultural change. The Peter principles / A tasty melting pot / Throwing all cultures into the marketing pot / Movers & shakers / The challenge of assimilation. Becoming us / Recasting the melting pot / Hispanic immigrants seen as slow to assimilate into American society / Building a fence : security and fear on the border. Life on the line / Brownsville's bad lie / Keep out / Return to sender / Opinions on immigration, legal and illegal. Immigration : the sleeping time bomb / Give us still your masses-- / Jack Levin, No human being is illegal / Society must stop giving benefits to illegal immigrants / Federal policy and the future of immigration. U.S. helped create migrant flow / It starts in Mexico / Who we are now / John Elson ; Michael Barone ; The Economist ; Oscar Handlin ; Joe Baker -- James W. Thomson ; Linda Chavez ; A.R. Williams ; as told to Tamar Brott -- Peter Roff ; Michelle Andrews ; Hillary Chura ; Joel Kotkin -- Alan Ehrenhalt ; Roberto Suro ; Patrick McGee -- Philip Caputo ; Arian Campo-Flores, Andrew Murr ; Karen Olsson ; Daren Briscoe -- Robert J. Bresler ; Gordana Rabrenovic ; César Cuauhtémoc Garcéxia Hernández ; Dimitrij Krynsky -- Erica Dahl-Bredine ; Tim Padgett ; Jon Meacham.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The golden door : immigration at the dawn of the 20th century. The great migration / The growth of a nation / A nation of immigrants / Immigration / Ghosts of freedom / An era of uncertainty : immigration from 1965 to today. The problem that refuses to leave / The realities of immigration / Latinos rise nationwide / My life in the promised land / Stirring the melting pot : social and cultural change. The Peter principles / A tasty melting pot / Throwing all cultures into the marketing pot / Movers & shakers / The challenge of assimilation. Becoming us / Recasting the melting pot / Hispanic immigrants seen as slow to assimilate into American society / Building a fence : security and fear on the border. Life on the line / Brownsville's bad lie / Keep out / Return to sender / Opinions on immigration, legal and illegal. Immigration : the sleeping time bomb / Give us still your masses-- / Jack Levin, No human being is illegal / Society must stop giving benefits to illegal immigrants / Federal policy and the future of immigration. U.S. helped create migrant flow / It starts in Mexico / Who we are now / John Elson ; Michael Barone ; The Economist ; Oscar Handlin ; Joe Baker -- James W. Thomson ; Linda Chavez ; A.R. Williams ; as told to Tamar Brott -- Peter Roff ; Michelle Andrews ; Hillary Chura ; Joel Kotkin -- Alan Ehrenhalt ; Roberto Suro ; Patrick McGee -- Philip Caputo ; Arian Campo-Flores, Andrew Murr ; Karen Olsson ; Daren Briscoe -- Robert J. Bresler ; Gordana Rabrenovic ; César Cuauhtémoc Garcéxia Hernández ; Dimitrij Krynsky -- Erica Dahl-Bredine ; Tim Padgett ; Jon Meacham.
9780824210915 (alk. paper) 0824210913 (alk. paper)
2009023135
United States--Emigration and immigration.
JV6465 / .I4755 2009
304.8/73