A Companion to American Immigration is an authoritative collection of original essays by leading scholars on the major topics and themes underlying American immigration history.
- Focuses on the two most important periods in American Immigration history: the Industrial Revolution (1820-1930) and the Globalizing Era (Cold War to the present)
- Provides an in-depth treatment of central themes, including economic circumstances, acculturation, social mobility, and assimilation
- Includes an introductory essay by the volume editor.
Notes on Contributors vii
Introduction 1
Reed Ueda
Part I Policy and Politics
1 A Nation of Immigrants and a Gatekeeping Nation: American Immigration Law and Policy 5
Erika Lee
2 Naturalization and Nationality 36
Irene Bloemraad and Reed Ueda
3 Immigration and Ethnic Politics 58
James J. Connolly
4 Immigrant Transnationals and US Foreign Relations 77
Xiao-huang Yin and Peter H. Koehn
5 Bodies from Abroad: Immigration, Health, and Disease 106
Alan M. Kraut
6 The Politics of Immigration and the Rise of the Migration State: Comparative and Historical Perspectives 132
James F. Hollifield
Part II Ethnicity , Race , and Nation
7 Ethnic and Racial Identity 161
Marilyn Halter
8 Nativism and Prejudice Against Immigrants 177
Tyler Anbinder
9 Assimilation and American National Identity 202
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