| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages) : illustrations, color map. |
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text file |
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Defining documents in American history
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Defining documents in American history (Salem Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
In their own words: immigrant descriptions. A description of New-Netherland -- A voyage to America -- A Chinese letter to governor John Bigler -- Kleindeutschland in the 1850s -- Letter from an Irish immigrant -- How the Other Half Lives -- A Polish American protest of immigration restriction -- How I found America -- Bartolomeo Vanzetti's final courtroom statement -- An address by César Chávez -- Anti-immigrant rhetoric. Platform of the American Party -- Dillingham commission report -- "Shut the door" -- Speech on Mexican immigration -- Federal legislation. Naturalization Act of 1790 -- Homestead Act -- Fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- National Quarantine Act -- Chinese Exclusion Act -- Immigration Act of 1891 -- Immigration Act of 1917 -- Immigration Act of 1924 -- McCarran-Walter Act -- Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 -- Executive and judicial actions. Ho Ah Kow v. Nunan -- Woodrow Wilson's third annual message to Congress -- Executive order 9066 -- Presidential veto of the McCarran-Walter Bill -- Plyler v. Doe -- Arizona v. the United States -- State of Texas v. United States -- Appendixes. Chronological list -- Web resources -- Bibliography. |
| Summary |
"This text explores the full history of immigration issues in America, from Adriaen van de Donck's description of the New Netherlands in 1650; to the 2012 opinions of Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia on the case of Arizona v. United States concerning states' rights and the enforcement of federal immigration laws; to the 2016 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Texas"--Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Immigrants. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Sources.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- Sources.
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Government policy. |
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United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- Sources.
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Ethnic relations. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration. |
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Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Pula, James S., 1946- editor.
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Salem Press.
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| Added Title |
Immigration and immigrant communities (1650-2016) |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Immigration & immigrant communities (1650-2016). Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; [Amenia, New York] : Grey House Publishing, [2017] 9781682172858 (OCoLC)971159529 |
| ISBN |
9781682172865 (electronic book) |
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1682172864 (electronic book) |
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9781682172858 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1682172856 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
99975933737 |
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