| Description |
232 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The Immigrant heritage of America series |
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Immigrant heritage of America series.
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| Note |
Essays evolved from a 54 part television series entitled "The immigrant in American life," produced for summer semester in 1973. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The Hispanic impact upon the United States / by Theodore S. Beardsley, Jr. -- From the Rhine to the Mississippi: the German emigration to the United States / by Frank J. Coppa -- The Norwegians in America: "giants in the earth" / by Kenneth O. Bjork -- From "Paddy" to the presidency: the Irish in America / by Thomas J. Curran -- Those who followed Columbus: the Italian migration to the United States of America / by Frank J. Coppa -- The Jews: from the ghettos of Europe to the suburbs of the United States / by Morton Rosenstock -- Black Americans: immigrants against their will / by John Henrick Clarke -- The Asian experience in the United States / by Frank Ching -- The McCarran-Walter Act and the conflict over immigration policy during the Truman administration / by Philip C. Dolce. |
| Subject |
Minorities -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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| Added Author |
Coppa, Frank J.
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Curran, Thomas J., 1929-
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| ISBN |
0805784063 |
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