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Immigration /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wepman, Dennis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Facts On File, Inc., [2008]
Series:American experience (Facts on File, Inc.)
Subjects:
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Colonists and immigrants: 1607-1700
  • The colonies expand: 1701-1775
  • The American revolution and after: 1776-1813
  • Beginnings of mass immigration: 1814-1860
  • The Civil War and after: 1861-1880
  • The "new immigration": 1881-1918
  • The "immigrant problem" and the federal government: 1890-1921
  • The door closes: 1922-1946
  • Some windows open: 1946-1954
  • After Ellis Island: 1955-1999
  • Immigration in the new century: 2000 and beyond
  • Appendix A: Documents
  • Appendix B: Biographies of major personalities
  • Appendix C: Maps
  • Appendix D: Graphs and tables
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index.