| Description |
xxxi, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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age Children |
| Series |
U. S. immigration and migration reference library
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U. S. immigration and migration reference library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Reader's guide -- U.S. immigration and migration timeline -- Lord Baltimore: Act concerning religion (Maryland Toleration Act) -- Hector St. John de Crevecoeur: Excerpt from Letters from an American farmer -- Treaty of Fort Stanwix: Enacted in 1784 -- Act of March 26, 1790: Excerpt; enacted by U.S. Congress -- "Know nothing" (anonymous): Excerpt from the Know nothing platform -- Homestead Act of 1862: Enacted by U.S. Congress -- John A. Johnson: Excerpt from Concerning emigration -- Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Enacted by U.S. Congress -- Mark Twain: Excerpt from "Concerning the Jews" -- Jane Addams: Excerpt from Twenty years at hull-house -- Willa Cather: Excerpt from My Antonia -- Ozawa v. United States: Excerpt from U.S. Supreme Court trial of 1922 -- Immigration Act of 1924: Excerpt: enacted by U.S. Congress -- Harry S. Truman: Excerpt from Message to the House of Representatives on the veto of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 -- Plyler v. Doe: Excerpt from U.S. Supreme Court trial of 1982 -- El Mexico and Maria Medina de Lopez: Excerpts from Mexican voices, American dreams -- California Proposition 187: Voted into law in 1994 by California voters -- Patrick J. Buchanan: Excerpt from Death of the West -- Where to learn more -- Index. |
| Subject |
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
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United States. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Sources.
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| Added Author |
Outman, James L., 1946-
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Baker, Lawrence W.
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| Added Title |
US immigration and migration. Primary sources |
| ISBN |
0787676691 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780787676698 hardcover alkaline paper |
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