The Oxford Handbook of American Immigration and Ethnicity

Zusatztext Recommended. Informationen zum Autor Ronald H. Bayor is Emeritus Professor of History at Georgia Tech, a former president of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, and founding editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History. His most recent book is Encountering Ellis Island: How European Immigrants Entered America. Klappentext The Oxford Handbook of American Immigration and Ethnicity brings together thirty leading scholars to make sense of all the themes, methodologies, and trends that characterize the debate on American immigration. They examine a wide-range of topics, including pan-ethnicity, whiteness, intermarriage, bilingualism, religion, museum ethnic displays, naturalization, regional mobility, census categorization, immigration legislation and its reception, ethnicity-related crime and gang formation. Zusammenfassung Scholarship on immigration to America is a coin with two sides: how did America change immigrants, and how did they change America? Were the immigrants uprooted from their ancestral homes, leaving all behind, or were they transplanted, bringing many aspects of their culture with them? Although historians agree with the transplantation concept, the notion of the melting pot, which suggests a complete loss of the immigrant culture, persists in the public mind. The Oxford Handbook of American Immigration and Ethnicity explores how Americans think of themselves and how science, religion, period of migration, gender, education, politics, and occupational mobility shape both this image and American life. Since the 1965 Immigration Act opened the gates to newer groups, historical writing on immigration and ethnicity has evolved over the years to include numerous immigrant sources and to provide trenchant analyses of American immigration and ethnicity. For the first time, this handbook brings together thirty leading scholars in the field to make sense of all the themes, methodologies, and trends that characterize the debate on American immigration. They examine a wide-range of topics, including pan-ethnicity, whiteness, intermarriage, bilingualism, religion, museum ethnic displays, naturalization, regional mobility, census categorization, immigration legislation and its reception, ethnicity-related crime and gang formation. The Oxford Handbook of American Immigration and Ethnicity explores the idea of assimilation in a multicultural society showing how deeply pan-ethnicity changed American identity over the time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Contributors Introduction: The Making of America Ronald H. Bayor Chapter 1. The Impact of Immigration Legislation in 1882, 1924, 1952, 1965, 1986, 1990 and Present Day Legislative Discussions David Reimers Chapter 2. European Migrations Dirk Hoerder Chapter 3. Asian Immigration Hsu, Madeline Y. Chapter 4. Latino Immigration María Cristina García Chapter 5. African American Migration from the Colonial Era to the Present Joe W. Trotter Chapter 6. Emancipation and Exploitation in Immigrant Women's Lives Gabaccia, Donna R. Chapter 7. Protecting America's Borders and the Undocumented Immigrant Dilemma David Gutierrez Chapter 8. Acceptance, Rejection,and America's Split Personality Gary Gerstle Chapter 9. Race and Citizenship Gregory T. Carter Chapter 10. Concepts of Ethnic/Racial Identity and Assimilation in the United States Richard Alba Chapter 11. The Role of "Whiteness" in Ethnic History David Roediger Chapter 12. Pan-Ethnic Identities Yen Le Espiritu Chapter 13. Intermarriage and the Creation of a New American Allison Varzally Chapter 14. Health, Ethnicity, Eugenics and Genetics in the United States Wendy Kline Chapter 15. The World of the Immigrant Worker James Barrett Chapter 16. Neighborhoods, Immigrants, and Ethnic Americans Amanda I. Seligman Chapter 17. T...

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Ronald H. Bayor is Emeritus Professor of History at Georgia Tech, a former president of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, and founding editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History. His most recent book is Encountering Ellis Island: How European Immigrants Entered America.

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The Oxford Handbook of American Immigration and Ethnicity brings together thirty leading scholars to make sense of all the themes, methodologies, and trends that characterize the debate on American immigration. They examine a wide-range of topics, including pan-ethnicity, whiteness, intermarriage, bilingualism, religion, museum ethnic displays, naturalization, regional mobility, census categorization, immigration legislation and its reception, ethnicity-related crime and gang formation.

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Scholarship on immigration to America is a coin with two sides: how did America change immigrants, and how did they change America? Were the immigrants uprooted from their ancestral homes, leaving all behind, or were they transplanted, bringing many aspects of their culture with them? Although historians agree with the transplantation concept, the notion of the melting pot, which suggests a complete loss of the immigrant culture, persists in the public mind. The Oxford Handbook of American Immigration and Ethnicity explores how Americans think of themselves and how science, religion, period of migration, gender, education, politics, and occupational mobility shape both this image and American life. Since the 1965 Immigration Act opened the gates to newer groups, historical writing on immigration and ethnicity has evolved over the years to include numerous immigrant sources and to provide trenchant analyses of American immigration and ethnicity. For the first time, this handbook brings together thirty leading scholars in the field to make sense of all the themes, methodologies, and trends that characterize the debate on American immigration. They examine a wide-range of topics, including pan-ethnicity, whiteness, intermarriage, bilingualism, religion, museum ethnic displays, naturalization, regional mobility, census categorization, immigration legislation and its reception, ethnicity-related crime and gang formation. The Oxford Handbook of American Immigration and Ethnicity explores the idea of assimilation in a multicultural society showing how deeply pan-ethnicity changed American identity over the time.

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• Contents

• List of Contributors

• Introduction: The Making of America

• Ronald H. Bayor

• Chapter 1. The Impact of Immigration Legislation in 1882, 1924, 1952, 1965, 1986, 1990 and Present Day Legislative Discussions

• David Reimers

• Chapter 2. European Migrations

• Dirk Hoerder

• Chapter 3. Asian Immigration

• Hsu, Madeline Y.

• Chapter 4. Latino Immigration

• María Cristina García

• Chapter 5. African American Migration from the Colonial Era to the Present

• Joe W. Trotter

• Chapter 6. Emancipation and Exploitation in Immigrant Women's Lives

• Gabaccia, Donna R.

• Chapter 7. Protecting America's Borders and the Undocumented Immigrant Dilemma

• David Gutierrez

• Chapter 8. Acceptance, Rejection,and America's Split Personality

• Gary Gerstle

• Chapter 9. Race and Citizenship

• Gregory T. Carter

• Chapter 10. Concepts of Ethnic/Racial Identity and Assimilation in the United States

• Richard Alba

• Chapter 11. The Role of "Whiteness" in Ethnic History

• David Roediger

• Chapter 12. Pan-Ethnic Identities

• Yen Le Espiritu

• Chapter 13. Intermarriage and the Creation of a New American

• Allison Varzally

• Chapter 14. Health, Ethnicity, Eugenics and Genetics in the United States

• Wendy Kline

• Chapter 15. The World of the Immigrant Worker

• James Barrett

• Chapter 16. Neighborhoods, Immigrants, and Ethnic Americans

• Amanda I. Seligman

• Chapter 17. The Ethnic Political Impact of Boss Tweed, Fio…