Full Description
During the mass migration period in the United States-between the years 1880 and 1930-an astounding 28 million people immigrated into the country. Min and his contributors offer a detailed evaluation of the differences and similarities between the immigrant groups from this earlier period and from the post-1965 contemporary period of immigration. In particular, they analyze trends in anti-immigrant attitudes and actions, changes in settlement patterns, entrepreneurship and business patterns, ethnic diversity, immigrant women's work, the intergenerational transmission of culture, and the naturalization process. The authors draw historical comparisons between the successive phases of immigration and the impact that they have had on evolving race relations in America. The book will be a valuable resource for instructors and researchers in the fields of immigration, race and ethnic studies, minorities and public policy, urban studies, ethnic history, demography, human geography, and sociology.
Contents
Part 0 Introduction Chapter 1: Troubled by Newcomers: Anti-Immigrant Attitudes and Action During Two Eras of Mass Migration Chapter 2: The Changing Face of America: Contemporary Immigration and the Dynamics of Race/Ethnicity Chapter 3: Immigration and Conflict in the United States Chapter 4: Contemporary Immigrants' Advantages for Intergenerational Cultural Transmission Chapter 5: Naturalization and US Citizenship in Two Periods of Mass Migration (1890-1930 and 1965-2000) Chapter 6: Immigrant Residence and Immigrant Neighborhoods in New York, 1910 and 1990 Chapter 7: Immigrant Women and Work in New York City, Then and Now Chapter 8: From "the Jazz Singer" to "What a Country": A Comparison of Jewish Immigrants to the U.S., 1880-1930 and 1965-1998 Chapter 9: A Comparison of Pre- and Post-1965 Asian Immigrant Businesses
