Debating American Immigration, 1882-Present

by Roger Daniels, Otis L. Graham

Overview

In Debating American Immigration, 1882-Present, prominent historians Roger Daniels and Otis Graham offer competing interpretations of the past, present, and future of American immigration policy and American attitudes towards immigration. Through original essays and supporting primary documents, the authors provide recommendations for future policies and legal remedies. This compact and clearly written text is an excellent introduction to one of today's most emotionally charged issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780847694105
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/07/2001
Series:	Debating Twentieth-Century America
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Roger Daniels is professor of history at the University of Cincinnati. Otis L. Graham is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 In Defense of American Immigration Policy
Chapter 4 Legal Immigration in the 20th Century
Chapter 5 Legal Immigrants: Top 20 Nations of Birth, 1995-97
Chapter 6 Major Provisions of Seven 20th Century Immigration Statues
Chapter 7 Excerpt from Whom We Shall Welcome?
Chapter 8 Excerpt from President Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks at the Signing of the 1965 Immigration Act
Chapter 9 The Unfinished Reform: Regulating Immigration in the National Interest
Chapter 10 Excerpt from The Booker T. Washington Papers, 1889-95
Chapter 11 Excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography, 1926
Chapter 12 Excerpt from American: A Nation or Confusion?, 1928
Chapter 13 Excerpt from "Our National Origins Quota System: The Mirror of America" by Robert C. Alexander, 1956
Chapter 14 Excerpt from Senator Robert Byrd's Congressional Response to the 1965 Immigration Act, 1965
Chapter 15 Statements from President William Jefferson Clinton, 1998
Chapter 16 U.S. Population Growth If Immigration and Fertility Do Not Change
Chapter 17 Selected Readings

Editorial Reviews

The work by Daniels and Graham is welcomed for two important reasons. First it goes far to advance the still unrealized notion that historical study is debatable hence educational and second it does so authoritatively and readably on the enduringly significant issue of immigration policy.

Victor Greene

The essays are lively reading. This is an outstanding volume that fulfills its objectives. It is a successful way of presenting the two sides of the immigration debate over the past 120 years. It leaves it to the reader to decide on which side, or where in between, he or she stands.

H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online

The essays are lively reading. This is an outstanding volume that fulfills its objectives. It is a successful way of presenting the two sides of the immigration debate over the past 120 years. It leaves it to the reader to decide on which side, or where in between, he or she stands.

H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online

The essays are lively reading. This is an outstanding volume that fulfills its objectives. It is a successful way of presenting the two sides of the immigration debate over the past 120 years. It leaves it to the reader to decide on which side, or where in between, he or she stands.

Eh.Net

Persons interested in the immigration debate and the history of immigration to America, will find Debating American Immigration a very useful book. Roger Daniels and Otis Graham, two well-known historians, have given us a lively account of the issues in the past and present.

David M. Reimers

From starkly contrasting points of view, two accomplished historians, Roger Daniels and Otis Graham, interpret changes in immigration restriction policies from an era of closure to the increasing openness of recent years. One story features the opportunities of an expanding economy, the other the failure of the political system to cope with long-term problems that weakly regulated immigration fosters.

John Higham

The book is manageable, judicious, and thoughtful, with clearly written essays and short, relevant documents. In the hands of a skilled teacher, it can be a wonderful tool in stimulating debate and enabling students to look at controversial issue from many different angles. Two thumbs up!

Journal of American Ethnic History

A splendid juxtaposition of contrasting interpretations. Debating American Immigration provides a wealth of relevant and cogent argumentation.

Philip Gleason