Nation Of Immigrants
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A Nation Of Immigrants
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Author : John Fitzgerald Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1964
A Nation Of Immigrants written by John Fitzgerald Kennedy and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with History categories.
Tells the story of the struggles of successive waves of immigrants who came to America and includes the President's plea for a complete revision of our immigration law. The late President expounds the need for an enlargement of our narrow immigration laws. His book expresses an ideal defined by Washington in the first years of the Republic: that America should always be a "propitious asylum for the unfortunates of other countries."
A Nation Of Immigrants
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Author : Susan F. Martin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-11-08
A Nation Of Immigrants written by Susan F. Martin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-08 with History categories.
Immigration makes America what it is and is formative for what it will become. America was settled by three different models of immigration, all of which persist to the present. The Virginia Colony largely equated immigration with the arrival of laborers, who had few rights. Massachusetts welcomed those who shared the religious views of the founders but excluded those whose beliefs challenged the prevailing orthodoxy. Pennsylvania valued pluralism, becoming the most diverse colony in religion, language, and culture. This book traces the evolution of these three models of immigration as they explain the historical roots of current policy debates and options. Arguing that the Pennsylvania model has best served the country, the final chapter makes recommendations for future immigration reform. Given the highly controversial nature of immigration in the United States, this book provides thoughtful analysis, valuable to both academic and policy audiences.
Not A Nation Of Immigrants
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Author : Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2021-08-24
Not A Nation Of Immigrants written by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-24 with History categories.
Debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for immigrants, and urges readers to embrace a more complex and honest history of the United States Whether in political debates or discussions about immigration around the kitchen table, many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly that we are a nation of immigrants. In this bold new book, historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this ideology is harmful and dishonest because it serves to mask and diminish the US’s history of settler colonialism, genocide, white supremacy, slavery, and structural inequality, all of which we still grapple with today. She explains that the idea that we are living in a land of opportunity—founded and built by immigrants—was a convenient response by the ruling class and its brain trust to the 1960s demands for decolonialization, justice, reparations, and social equality. Moreover, Dunbar-Ortiz charges that this feel good—but inaccurate—story promotes a benign narrative of progress, obscuring that the country was founded in violence as a settler state, and imperialist since its inception. While some of us are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, others are descendants of white settlers who arrived as colonizers to displace those who were here since time immemorial, and still others are descendants of those who were kidnapped and forced here against their will. This paradigm shifting new book from the highly acclaimed author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States charges that we need to stop believing and perpetuating this simplistic and a historical idea and embrace the real (and often horrific) history of the United States.
A Nation Of Immigrants
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Author : Susan Forbes Martin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-05-14
A Nation Of Immigrants written by Susan Forbes Martin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with Immigrants categories.
Four major waves of immigration from the colonial period to the present are examined, exploring the causes and consequences.
A Nation Of Immigrants
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Author : Susan F. Martin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-03-25
A Nation Of Immigrants written by Susan F. Martin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-25 with History categories.
Examining the evolution of four immigration models in the US, this book traces the historical roots of current policy debates.
A Nation Of Immigrants
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Author : John Kennedy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
A Nation Of Immigrants written by John Kennedy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Immigrants categories.
Throughout his presidency, John F. Kennedy was passionate about the issue of immigration reform. He believed that America is a nation of people who value both tradition and the exploration of new frontiers, deserving the freedo.
A Nation Of Immigrants Reconsidered
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Author : Maddalena Marinari
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2018-12-30
A Nation Of Immigrants Reconsidered written by Maddalena Marinari and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-30 with Social Science categories.
Scholars, journalists, and policymakers have long argued that the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act dramatically reshaped the demographic composition of the United States. In A Nation of Immigrants Reconsidered, leading scholars of immigration explore how the political and ideological struggles of the so-called "age of restriction"--from 1924 to 1965--paved the way for the changes to come. The essays examine how geopolitics, civil rights, perceptions of America's role as a humanitarian sanctuary, and economic priorities led government officials to facilitate the entrance of specific immigrant groups, thereby establishing the legal precedents for future policies. Eye-opening articles discuss Japanese war brides and changing views of miscegenation, the recruitment of former Nazi scientists, a temporary workers program with Japanese immigrants, the emotional separation of Mexican immigrant families, Puerto Rican youth's efforts to claim an American identity, and the restaurant raids of conscripted Chinese sailors during World War II. Contributors: Eiichiro Azuma, David Cook-Martín, David FitzGerald, Monique Laney, Heather Lee, Kathleen López, Laura Madokoro, Ronald L. Mize, Arissa H. Oh, Ana Elizabeth Rosas, Lorrin Thomas, Ruth Ellen Wasem, and Elliott Young.
A Nation Of Immigrants
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Author : John F. Kenndey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
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A Nation Of Immigrants
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Author : John F. Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2018-10-16
A Nation Of Immigrants written by John F. Kennedy and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-16 with History categories.
“In this timeless book, President Kennedy shows how the United States has always been enriched by the steady flow of men, women, and families to our shores. It is a reminder that America’s best leaders have embraced, not feared, the diversity which makes America great.” —Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright Throughout his presidency, John F. Kennedy was passionate about the issue of immigration reform. He believed that America is a nation of people who value both tradition and the exploration of new frontiers, deserving the freedom to build better lives for themselves in their adopted homeland. This 60th anniversary edition of his posthumously published, timeless work—with a foreword by Jonathan Greenblatt, the National Director and CEO of the ADL, formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League, and an introduction from Congressman Joe Kennedy III—offers President Kennedy’s inspiring words and observations on the diversity of America’s origins and the influence of immigrants on the foundation of the United States. The debate on immigration persists. Complete with updated resources on current policy, this new edition of A Nation of Immigrants emphasizes the importance of the collective thought and contributions to the prominence and success of the country.
Ellis Island Nation
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Author : Robert L. Fleegler
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2013-05-28
Ellis Island Nation written by Robert L. Fleegler and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-28 with History categories.
Though debates over immigration have waxed and waned in the course of American history, the importance of immigrants to the nation's identity is imparted in civics classes, political discourse, and television and film. We are told that the United States is a "nation of immigrants," built by people who came from many lands to make an even better nation. But this belief was relatively new in the twentieth century, a period that saw the establishment of immigrant quotas that endured until the Immigrant and Nationality Act of 1965. What changed over the course of the century, according to historian Robert L. Fleegler, is the rise of "contributionism," the belief that the newcomers from eastern and southern Europe contributed important cultural and economic benefits to American society. Early twentieth-century immigrants from southern and eastern Europe often found themselves criticized for language and customs at odds with their new culture, but initially found greater acceptance through an emphasis on their similarities to "native stock" Americans. Drawing on sources as diverse as World War II films, records of Senate subcommittee hearings, and anti-Communist propaganda, Ellis Island Nation describes how contributionism eventually shifted the focus of the immigration debate from assimilation to a Cold War celebration of ethnic diversity and its benefits—helping to ease the passage of 1960s immigration laws that expanded the pool of legal immigrants and setting the stage for the identity politics of the 1970s and 1980s. Ellis Island Nation provides a historical perspective on recent discussions of multiculturalism and the exclusion of groups that have arrived since the liberalization of immigrant laws.