TY  - GEN
AU  - Gerber, David A. 
TI  - American immigration: a very short introduction
SN  - 9780197542422
U1  - 304.873 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Cultural pluralism
KW  - Emigration
KW  - Immigration
KW  - Ethnicity
N1  - Includes index, illustrations and references
N2  - American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction examines the many legal efforts to curb immigration and to define who is and is not an American. It looks at immigration from the perspective of the migrant — farmers and industrial workers, mechanics and domestics, highly trained professionals and small-business owners — who willingly upped sticks for the promise of a better life. Americans have come from every corner of the globe, and have been brought together by a variety of historical processes — conquest, colonialism, the slave trade, territorial acquisition, and voluntary immigration. What is the relationship between race and ethnicity in the life of these groups and in the formation of American society?

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