Oxford Handbook of American Immigration and Ethnicity Paperback

by Bayor, Ronald H.

• ISBN13: 9780197529911
• ISBN10: 0197529917
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-12-31
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Ronald H. Bayor is Emeritus Professor of History at Georgia Tech, a former president of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, and founding editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History. His most recent book is Encountering Ellis Island: How European Immigrants Entered America.

Table of Contents

Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction: The Making of America
Ronald H. Bayor

Chapter 1. The Impact of Immigration Legislation: 1875 to the Present
David M. Reimers

Chapter 2. European Migrations
Dirk Hoerder

Chapter 3. Asian Immigration
Madeline Y. Hsu

Chapter 4. Latino Immigration
Mar?a Cristina Garc?a

Chapter 5. African American Migration from the Colonial Era to the Present
Joe W. Trotter

Chapter 6. Emancipation and Exploitation in Immigrant Women's Lives
Donna R. Gabaccia

Chapter 7. Protecting America's Borders and the Undocumented Immigrant Dilemma
David G. Gutierrez

Chapter 8. Acceptance, Rejection,and America's Split Personality
Gary Gerstle

Chapter 9. Race and Citizenship
Gregory T. Carter

Chapter 10. Concepts of Ethnic/Racial Identity and Assimilation in the United States
Richard Alba

Chapter 11. Whiteness and Race
David R. Roediger

Chapter 12. Race and U.S. Panethnic Formation
Yen Le Espiritu

Chapter 13. Intermarriage and the Creation of a New American
Allison Varzally

Chapter 14. Immigration, Medical Regulation, and Eugenics
Wendy Kline

Chapter 15. The World of the Immigrant Worker
James R. Barrett

Chapter 16. Neighborhoods, Immigrants, and Ethnic Americans
Amanda I. Seligman

Chapter 17. Machine Bosses, Reformers, and the Politics of Ethnic Minority Incorporation
Steven P. Erie and Vladimir Kogan

Chapter 18. Immigration, Ethnicity, Race and Organized Crime
Will Cooley

Chapter 19. The Myth of Ethnic Success: Old Wine in New Bottles
Stephen Steinberg

Chapter 20. Immigration and Ethnic Diversity in the South, 1980-2010
Mary E. Odem

Chapter 21. Allegiance, Dual Citizenship, and the Ethnic Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy
David Brundage

Chapter 22. Historians and Sociologists Debate Transnationalism
Peter Kivisto

Chapter 23. Written Forms of Communication from Immigrant Letters to Instant Messaging
Suzanne M. Sinke

Chapter 24. Ethnicity, Race, and Religion beyond Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish Whites
R. Stephen Warner

Chapter 25. Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in American Film
Steven Alan Carr

Chapter 26. Language Retention/Language Shift, "English Only," and Multilingualism in teh Unites States
Joshua A. Fishman

Chapter 27. Melting Pots, Salad Bowls, Ethnic Museums, and American Identity
Steven Conn

Chapter 28. New Approaches in the Teaching of Immigration and Ethnic History in the United States
John J. Bukowczyk

Index