Umfang:
Online-Ressource (x, 389 p)
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814775357
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0814775349
Inhalt:
Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians represent three of every four immigrants who arrived in the United States after 1970. Yet despite their large numbers and long history of movement to America, non-Europeans are conspicuously absent from many books about immigration. In Other Immigrants , David M. Reimers offers the first comprehensive account of non-European immigration, chronicling the compelling and diverse stories of frequently overlooked Americans. Reimers traces the early history of Black, Hispanic, and Asian immigrants from the fifteenth century through World War II, when racial hostility le
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-366) and index
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: From beyond Europe, 1492- 1940; 1. The Beginnings, 1550-1900; 2. Asians in Hawaii and the United States; 3. North to America, 1900-1940; Part II: The Emergence of a New Multicultural Society, 1940- Present; 4. El Norte; 5. Central and South Americans; 6. Across the Pacific Again; 7. Across the Pacific Again; 8. Middle Easterners; 9. The New Black Immigrants; 10. The Refugees; Epilogue; Notes; Suggested Reading; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780814775349
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Other Immigrants : The Global Origins of the American People
Sprache:
Englisch
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