Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life
Roger Daniels, Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life, © 1990, Harper Perennial, New York, Soft cover, 450 Pages, 0-06-092100-5, 973.04--dc20.
Encyclopedic in scope, yet lively and provocative. Coming to America in one of those rare books that will serve experts and the general public equally well -- San Francisco Chronicle (On front cover)
Synopsis: A leading expert's lavishly illustrated, comprehensive, and definitive study of immigration -- up-to-date and engrossing.
Subjects:
- Ethnology -- United States -- History
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History
- Immigrants -- United States -- History.
CONTENTS
- Tables, Charts, and Maps ix
- Acknowledgments xi
Part I:
- Colonial America
- Overseas Migration from Europe
- English Immigrants in America: Virginia, Maryland, and New England
- Slavery and Immigrants from Africa
- Other Europeans in Colonial America
- Ethnicity and Race in American Life
Part II:
- The Century of Immigration (1820-1924)
- Pioneers of the Century of Immigration: Irish, Germans, and Scandinavians
- From the Mediterranean: Italians, Greeks, Arabs, and Armenians
- Eastern Europeans: Poles, Jews, and Hungarians
- Minorities from Other Regions: Chinese, Japanese, and French Canadians
- The Triumph of Nativism
Part III:
- Modern Times
- Migration in Prosperity, Depression, and War, 1921-1945
- From the New World: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans
- Changing the Rules: Immigration Law, 1948-1980
- The New Asian Immigrants
- Caribbeans, Central Americans, and Soviet Jews
- The 1980s and Beyond
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
TABLES, CHARTS, AND MAPS
Tables
- "Berkeley School" Estimates of Central Mexican Population, 1519-1605
- European Population, 1600-2000
- Estimated Slave Imports into the Americas, 1451-1870
- National or Linguistic Stocks in the United States, 1790
- Immigrants by Region of Last Residence, 1820-1920
- Immigration to the United States, 1820-1924
- Rate of Immigration per Thousand, 1820-1924
- Foreign Born as a Percentage of Population, 1850-1920
- Immigrants from Ireland, 1820-1924
- Immigrants from Germany, 1820-1924
- Immigrants from Scandinavia, 1820-1920
- Danish Emigrants with Occupation, 1868-1900
- Emigrant Ports, 1907
- European Immigration to the United States, by Country, 1901-1910
- Italian Immigration to the United States, 1820-1920
- Immigrants from Greece and Turkey, 1820-1920
- Country of Origin, Polish Mother Tongue, 1910 Census
- Foreign-born White and Foreign White Stock, by Mother Tongue, from Russia, Austria, Germany, and Hungary, 1910
- Seven Leading Polish American Population Centers, 1905 and 1920
- Country of Origin, Yiddish or Hebrew "Mother Tongue," 1910 Census
- Chinese in the Contiguous United States, 1870-1930
- Japanese in the Contiguous United States, 1900-1930
- French Canadians in the United States, 1890-1920
- Immigration and Emigration, 1921-1945
- Immigration and Emigration, by Period, 1921-1945
- Immigration, by Period and Region, 1921-1945
- Puerto Ricans in New York City and the United States, 1950-1980
- Persons Admitted as Refugees, 1945-1980
- Preference Systems: 1952 and 1965 Immigration Acts
- Numbers and Categories of Immigrants Admitted, 1977 and 1980
- Number of Refugees and Asylees Admitted, 1981-1985
- Asian American Population, by Major Ethnic Group, 1940-1980
- Filipinos in the United States, 1960-1990
- Asian Indians in the United States, 1970-1990
- Koreans in the United States, 1970-1990
- Estimate of Hispanic Population, by Origin, 1987
- Estimate of Hispanic Population, by State, 1987
- Legal Immigration to the United States, 1981-1990
- Foreign Born as a Percentage of Total Population, 1910-1980
CHARTS
- Age and Sex Distribution of Chinese Americans, 1920
- Age and Sex Distribution of Japanese Americans, 1920
- Legal Immigration to the United States, by Region, 1831-1984
- Applicants for Amnesty, 1986-1988
MAPS
- Major Immigration Streams to ca. 1820
- Major Immigration Streams from ca. 1820 to 1914
- Major Immigration Streams from 1941 to 1987
Library of Congress Catalog Listing
- LC Control No.: 89046524
- Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
- Personal Name: Daniels, Roger.
- Main Title: Coming to America : a history of immigration and ethnicity in American life / Roger Daniels.
- Edition Information: 1st ed.
- Published/Created: New York, NY : HarperCollins, c1990.
- Description: xii, 450 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- ISBN: 0060160985 (cloth) : $29.95 ($39.95 Can.)
- Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-431) and index.
- Subjects: Ethnology --United States --History. Immigrants --United States --History. United States --Emigration and immigration --History.
- LC Classification: E184.A1 D26 1990
- Dewey Class No.: 973/.04 20
- Geographic Area Code: n-us---