Unwelcome Strangers - American Identity and the Turn Against Immigration

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About the author

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).

Summary

Charting the history of US immigration policy from the Puritan colonists to World War II refugees, this text uncovers the arguments of the anti-immigration forces including: warnings against the consequences of overpopulation; and economic concerns that immigrants take jobs away from Americans.

Product details

• Authors: David Reimers, David (Nyu) Reimers, David M. Reimers
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.1999
• EAN: 9780231109574
• ISBN: 978-0-231-10957-4
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, History: specific events & topics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Politics and government, History: specific events and topics, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples