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Informationen zum Autor Roger Daniels is professor of history at the University of Cincinnati. Otis L. Graham is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Klappentext In Debating American Immigration, 1882-Present, prominent historians Roger Daniels and Otis Graham offer competing interpretations of the past, present, and future of American immigration policy and American attitudes towards immigration. Through original essays and supporting primary documents, the authors provide recommendations for future policies and legal remedies. This compact and clearly written text is an excellent introduction to one of today's most emotionally charged issues. Zusammenfassung In this text! two historians offer competing interpretations of the past! present! and future of American immigration policy and American attitudes towards immigration. Through essays and supporting primary documents! the authors provide recommendations for future policies and legal remedies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 In Defense of American Immigration Policy Chapter 4 Legal Immigration in the 20th Century Chapter 5 Legal Immigrants: Top 20 Nations of Birth, 1995-97 Chapter 6 Major Provisions of Seven 20th Century Immigration Statues Chapter 7 Excerpt from Whom We Shall Welcome? Chapter 8 Excerpt from President Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks at the Signing of the 1965 Immigration Act Chapter 9 The Unfinished Reform: Regulating Immigration in the National Interest Chapter 10 Excerpt from The Booker T. Washington Papers, 1889-95 Chapter 11 Excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography, 1926 Chapter 12 Excerpt from American: A Nation or Confusion?, 1928 Chapter 13 Excerpt from "Our National Origins Quota System: The Mirror of America" by Robert C. Alexander, 1956 Chapter 14 Excerpt from Senator Robert Byrd's Congressional Response to the 1965 Immigration Act, 1965 Chapter 15 Statements from President William Jefferson Clinton, 1998 Chapter 16 U.S. Population Growth If Immigration and Fertility Do Not Change Chapter 17 Selected Readings...
