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Author Wright, Russell O.

Title Chronology of immigration in the United States / Russell O. Wright.

Imprint Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2008.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  304.873 W952C    Check Shelf
Description ix, 202 pages ; 23 cm
Summary "This book details the issues and events of the immigration debate from 1600 to present. It demonstrates how immigration laws changed to restrict immigration from 1917 through 1924, and shows how, in 1965, they were drastically changed to encourage it"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-191) and index.
Contents The Chronology 25 -- Appendix 1 Immigration by Decade 165 -- Appendix 2 Immigration by Period and Source 169 -- Appendix 3 Key Legislation Affecting Immigration 174 -- Appendix 4 The Bracero Program 179 -- Appendix 5 Immigration and Population 182 -- Appendix 6 Eugenics and the 1924 Immigration Act 185.
Subject United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Chronology.
Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Einwanderung -- USA -- Geschichte -- Chronologie.
Einwanderungspolitik -- USA -- Geschichte -- Chronologie.
Einwanderung.
United States.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1607-2007
Genre/Form Chronologies. (OCoLC)fst01423901
Chronologies.
ISBN 9780786436279 (softcover ; alk. paper)
0786436271 (softcover ; alk. paper)
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