This land is our land : the history of American immigration
by Osborne, Linda Barrett, 1949-
Summary
"This book explores the way government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups evolved throughout U.S. history, particularly between 1800 and 1965. The book concludes with a summary of events up to contemporary times, as immigration again becomes a hot-button issue."--Provided by publisher. Full description
- The beginnings: Germans, Irish, and Nativists
- The other Europe arrives: Italians, Jews, and Eastern Europeans
- The other shore: immigrants from Asia
- South of our border: Latin American immigrants
- Seeking safety and liberty: refugees
- This land is whose land?: from World War II into the twenty-first century
- Appendix: Coming to-and staying in-the United States
- Selected time line of immigration history.