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- A Nation of Immigrants
- A Nation of Immigrants
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 “Gentlemen, Tradesmen, Serving-men, Libertines”
- 3 “A City upon the Hill”
- 4 “The Seed of a Nation”
- 5 Immigration and the Formation of the Republic
- 6 Building a Nation
- 7 The Golden Door
- 8 The Triumph of Restrictionism
- 9 Turning Inward
- 10 “A Nation of Immigrants”
- 11 A Nation of Refuge
- 12 The Pennsylvania Model at Risk
- 13 Executive Action and Immigration
- 14 Looking Ahead
- References
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2021
- A Nation of Immigrants
- A Nation of Immigrants
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 “Gentlemen, Tradesmen, Serving-men, Libertines”
- 3 “A City upon the Hill”
- 4 “The Seed of a Nation”
- 5 Immigration and the Formation of the Republic
- 6 Building a Nation
- 7 The Golden Door
- 8 The Triumph of Restrictionism
- 9 Turning Inward
- 10 “A Nation of Immigrants”
- 11 A Nation of Refuge
- 12 The Pennsylvania Model at Risk
- 13 Executive Action and Immigration
- 14 Looking Ahead
- References
- Index
Summary
The United States is in the midst of its fourth major period of immigration. Today’s is the largest in absolute numbers, although not as a proportion of the total population. Unlike in previous times, today’s immigrants come from every inhabited continent and represent just about every country in the United Nations. As in previous periods of large-scale immigration, there is a profound ambivalence about the phenomenon among the American public. Historically, Americans have seen their own immigrant forebears through rose-colored glasses while raising serious concerns about the contributions of current immigrants and the extent to which they will assimilate our values, language, and experiences.
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- A Nation of Immigrants , pp. 1 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021