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Immigration and American Diversity: A Social and Cultural History

ISBN: 978-0-631-22033-6

March 2002

Wiley-Blackwell

320 pages

Description
This engaging textbook is a concise overview of a sweeping topic - American Immigration. Immigration is core to the history of America - a "Nation of Immigrants" who are diverse by definition. Beginning with the first arrival of migrants from Asia, Africa, and Europe, and ending with a discussion of the United States at the turn of the 21st century, this book offers an unflinching analysis of the complex relationship between America's national solidarity and ethnic diversity.
About the Author

Donna R. Gabaccia is Charles H. Stone Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is the author of We Are What We Eat: Ethnic Food and the Making of Americans (1998) and Italy's Many Diasporas (2000).

Features

  • Provides a concise history of American immigrants from the earliest arrivals to the 21st century

  • Discusses the most controversial and recurring debates over the concept of American nationality

  • Includes student exercises and sidebars to stimulate classroom discussions