The Debate in the United States Over Immigration

The essays in this volume examine the spectrum of economic, political, social, and legal issues related to immigration into the United States--from compelling arguments for limited immigration to forceful arguments for open borders. They assess the benefits and costs of immigration and its impact on education, social welfare, and health care.

About the author

Peter J. Duignan was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He wrote extensively on comparative colonial history, modern European history, African documentation and bibliography, Hispanics in the United States, U.S. foreign policy, Africa, immigration to the United States, and the Atlantic Alliance (the U.S. and Europe since 1945). He died in 2012.

Summary

Examines economic, political, social, and legal issues related to immigration into the United States - from compelling arguments for limited immigration to forceful arguments for open borders. Essays assess the benefits and costs of immigration and its impact on education, social welfare, and health care.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Anderson, Peter Duigan, L. H. Gann, Peter Duignan, Lewis H. Gann, Lewis H Gann
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.12.1997
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9780817995225
• ISBN: 978-0-8179-9522-5
• Dimensions (packing): 15.4 x 23.1 x 2.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 517 g
• Series: Hoover Institution Press Publi > 444; Hoover Institution Press Publi > 444
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General; Politics / Current Events; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays