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The history of america is a history of immigration. A very short introduction very short introductions series by david a. Why did policymakers not expect the 1965 act to result in substantial changes in immigration. It looks at immigration from the perspective of the migrant farmers and industrial workers, mechanics and domestics, highly trained professionals and smallbusiness owners who willingly upped sticks for the promise of a better life. David gerber is distinguished professor emeritus of history at the university of. Historian david gerber begins by examining the many legal efforts to curb immigration and to define who is and is not an american, ranging from the naturalization law of 1795 which applied only to freeborn white persons to the chinese exclusion act of 1882, the emergency quota act of 1921, and the reformminded immigration and nationality. Historian david gerber begins by examining the many legal efforts to curb immigration and to define who is and is not an american, ranging from the. Historian david gerber begins by examining the many legal efforts to curb immigration and to define who is and is not an american, ranging from the naturalization law of 1795 which applied only to freeborn white persons to the. This innovative reader is the first in american immigra. Brings together white european immigration with latin american and asian immigration. A companion to american immigration wiley online books. Gerber and kraut identify a range of significant issues in immigration and ethnic history and skillfully juxtapose an array of materials that invite students to compare past and modernday immigrations. Americans have come from every corner of the globe, and they have been brought together by a variety of historical processesconquest, colonialism, the slave trade, territorial acquisition, and voluntary immigration. American immigration and ethnicity is a welcome resource for the study of immigration and ethnic history.
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