Did you know that Angel Island Immigration Station was the West Coast port of entry for Pacific Rim immigrants arriving in the United States between 1910 and 1940, or that President Ronald Reagan said Asian Pacific Americans were "one of the most successful groups in this country" during his remarks on the 10th anniversary of Asian Pacific Heritage Week?
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Asian America by
An essential collection that brings together the core primary texts of the Asian American experience in one volume "A vital, up-to-date collection of critical sources that shed new insight into the lives of diverse Asian Americans, past and present."--Erika Lee, author of The Making of Asian America: A History An essential volume for the growing academic discipline of Asian American studies, this collection of core primary texts draws from a wide range of fields, from law to visual culture to politics, covering key historical and cultural developments that enable students to engage directly with the Asian American experience over the past century. The primary sources, organized around keywords, often concern multiple hemispheres and movements, making this compendium valuable for a number of historical, ethnic, and cultural study undergraduate programs.
Call Number: E184.A75 A78 2017ISBN: 9780300195446Publication Date: 2017-01-10
Immigrant Struggles, Immigrant Gifts by
The latest book from the Immigrant Learning Center addresses some of the most prominent immigrant groups and the most striking episodes of nativism in American history. The introduction covers American immigration history and law as they have developed since the late eighteenth century. The essays that follow--authored by historians, sociologists, and anthropologists--examine the experiences of a large variety of populations to discover patterns in both immigration and anti-immigrant sentiment. The numerous cases reveal much about the immigrants' motivations for leaving their home countries, the obstacles they face to advancement and inclusion, their culture and occupational trends in the United States, their assimilation and acculturation, and their accomplishments and contributions to American life. Contributors Wayne Cornelius, University of California, San Diego * Anna Gressel-Bacharan, independent scholar * Nancy Foner, Hunter College * David W. Haines, George Mason University * Luciano J. Iorizo, SUNY Oswego * Alexander Kitroeff, Haverford College * Erika Lee, University of Minnesota * Deborah Dash Moore, University of Michigan * David M. Reimers, New York University * William G. Ross, Cumberland School of Law * Robert Zecker, Saint Francis Xavier University Distributed for George Mason University Press
Call Number: JV6465 .I466 2012ISBN: 9780981877907Publication Date: 2013-01-29
One Billion Americans by
America is in decline. Fewer children are born each year due to financial pressure. Thousands flee our iconic cities with their housing shortages and broken infrastructure. While we tie ourselves into knots trying to stop the flow of immigrants, our exhausted economy deflates the heartland's already shrinking population. To survive China's impending global takeover (not to mention Russia), we can't afford to be weak. We need one billion Americans. In this timely and provocative book, Matthew Yglesias makes the case for massive population growth through humane family and immigration policy.
Call Number: HB3505 .Y45 2020ISBN: 9780593190210Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- America's other immigrant isle: on Angel Island, exclusion, not admission, was the name of the immigration game
In San Francisco Bay, three miles north of the city's Pier 41, is a hilly 1.2-square-mile grass- and woodland-covered island where [...]
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