{"product_id":"immigration-and-american-diversity-a-social-and-cultural-history-hardback-9780631220329","title":"Immigration and American Diversity; A Social and Cultural History (Hardback) 9780631220329","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eImmigration and American Diversity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Social and Cultural History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonna R. Gabaccia (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631220329, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 January 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.5 x 2.8 cm, 0.508 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"An intelligent and readily accessible synthesis of much scholarship on immigration and ethnicity, Donna Gabaccia's new book blends clearly written accounts with stimulating exercises for students. Authored by a leading immigration historian, \u003ci\u003eImmigration and American Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e covers its topics from their historical beginnings to ‘tomorrow's nation.' \u003ci\u003eWerner Sollors, Harvard University \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Gabaccia, a noted specialist in Sicilian and women's immigration history, gives a well-informed, fresh and intelligently idiosyncratic, account of immigrants in North Americafrom the pre-Columbian era to the present day.\" \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis engaging textbook is a concise overview of a sweeping topic - American Immigration. Immigration is core to the history of America - a \"Nation of Immigrants\" who are diverse by definition. Beginning with the first arrival of migrants from Asia, Africa, and Europe, and ending with a discussion of the United States at the turn of the 21st century, this book offers an unflinching analysis of the complex relationship between America's national solidarity and ethnic diversity.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures and Tables. \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudent Exercise: American Diversity – and Me; American Diversity – and You.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Creating America; Creating Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Americans and Aliens, 1750–1835.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Emigrants and Regional Strife, 1820–1860.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudent Exercise: Catholic Nuns Testify in Court after the Burning of the Charlestown Convent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Redefining the Nation, 1850–1900.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudent Exercise: Can a Negro be a Nativist?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Immigrants in a Nativist America, 1890-1920.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudent Exercise, Determining the Geographic Origins of Immigrants at Century's Turn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Migrants, Immigrants, and Scientific Racism, 1900-1945.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Postwar USA: Nation of Immigrants or Multicultural Nation?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudent Exercise: Ethnicity, Authors, and their Books.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Today's Immigrants; Tomorrow's Nation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudent Exercise: This Week's Headlines: An Oral Report on Immigration's Impact on Local Communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52405570994456,"sku":"9780631220329","price":106.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631220329.jpg?v=1784136833","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/immigration-and-american-diversity-a-social-and-cultural-history-hardback-9780631220329","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}