The Making of Modern Immigration [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of People and Ideas

by Patrick J. Hayes (Editor)

Overview

Combining the insight of two-dozen expert contributors to examine key figures, events, and policies over 200 years of U.S. immigration history, this work illuminates the foundations of the ethnic and socioeconomic makeup of our nation.

The two-volume The Making of Modern Immigration: An Encyclopedia of People and Ideas is organized around a series of four dozen in-depth essays on specific aspects of American immigration history since the founding of the Republic. This encyclopedia addresses the major historical themes and contemporary research trends related to U.S. immigration, canvassing all the major policy endeavors on immigration in the last two centuries.

In addition to documenting immigration policy, the contributors devote extensive attention to the historiography of immigration, supplementing theories with cutting-edge sociological data. Not content with providing a comprehensive overview of immigration history, however, the work also offers probing investigations of key figures behind the ideas that have shaped the nation's self-understanding. Taken as a whole, this seminal work lifts out the personalities and policies that surround the composition of America's national identity, illuminating the past as a series of lessons for the future.

• 45 entries covering such issues as the Alien and Sedition Acts, asylees, immigration and customs enforcement, immigration and religion, and U.S.–Mexico border relations
• Contributions from an international collaborative of 24 scholars from the social and human sciences
• Photographs
• A timeline
• Entry-specific bibliographies and a lengthy general bibliography

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313392023
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/13/2012
Pages:	828
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 10.30(h) x 2.40(d)

About the Author

Patrick J. Hayes, PhD, is archivist for the Baltimore Province of the Redemptorists based in Brooklyn, NY. He was formerly visiting scholar in theology at the University of Makeni, Sierra Leone.

Editorial Reviews

"The wide variety of essays emphasizes the relationship between people and ideas and the contextualization of the two in the development of the immigration debate. These well-organized, well-written volumes provide researchers with useful overviews on diverse immigration issues. Summing up: Recommended." - Choice

"The Making of Modern Immigration fills a gap in the literature and is recommended for most public and academic libraries." - Booklist

"A good jumping-off point for college and adult users interested in immigration history." - Library Journal

From the Publisher

Hayes (archivist, Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province, Brooklyn, NY; A Catholic Brain Trust: The History of the Catholic Commission on Intellectual Affairs, 1945–1965) has collected some 45 factual and impartial essays on figures and topics that have played a significant role in U.S. immigration history, including Jane Addams and Hull House, the concept of assimilation, World War II—era immigration, the Red Scare, and the 9/11 Commission. The essays, easy to read and understand, are listed in alphabetical order by topic and person combined, so that, for example, the article "Lyman Beecher (1775–1863): The No Popery Crusade" is followed by "Bilingualism," which may make finding a specific topic or article a bit challenging. The pieces run about ten to 20 pages in length and include relevant photographs, discussions of immigration legislation, and a resource list. The second volume also features an immigration time line spanning 1502-2011 with the three largest periods of immigration in boldface, a thorough index, and a selected general bibliography for the entire text. VERDICT A good jumping-off point for college and adult users interested in immigration history.—Beth Bland, West Allis, WI

Library Journal