Still the Golden Door - The Third World Comes to America

Informationen zum Autor David Reimers is professor emeritus in history at NYU. He is the co-author of Ethnic Americans: A History of Immigration (Columbia University Press, 2009) and Unwelcome Strangers: American Identity and the Turn Against Immigration (Columbia University Press, 1999). Klappentext Who is entering this "Golden Door?" Who is kept out? Why is it so difficult to make major changes in current immigration policy? Immigration! the phenomenon that helped build America and also caused bitter debates! is once again fanning the flames of controversy. This time the majority of newcomers are not from Europe but from third world nations. Their sheer numbers! the cost of caring for refugees! the entrance of many undocumented aliens! and the difficulty for officials to control the situation have thrust immigration into the national spotlight. This second edition of Still the Golden Door completely updates the established work on immigration and ethnic history! demonstrating the postwar shift from European to third world immigrants! and includes all the important legislature and events of the last five years! especially the 1990 immigration act. Zusammenfassung This revised edition includes extensive discussion of undocumented immigrants! the 1990 immigration act! recent changes in refugee status! and the new wave of East European and Soviet immigrants.

Product details

• Authors: David Reimers, David (Nyu) Reimers, David M. Reimers
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.1992
• EAN: 9780231076814
• ISBN: 978-0-231-07681-4
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General