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Immigration and multiculturalism : essential primary sources

Author: K Lee Lerner; Brenda Wilmoth Lerner; Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, ©2006.
Series: Social issues primary sources collection.
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This volume of primary source documents focuses on some of the leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries: immigration and multiculturalism. It contains approximately 175 full and excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context.  Read more...
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Lerner, K. Lee, Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth, and Lerner, Adrienne Wilmoth (eds.).
Immigration and multiculturalism : essential primary sources.
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, ©2006
(OCoLC)71004180
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: K Lee Lerner; Brenda Wilmoth Lerner; Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner
ISBN: 9781414412658 1414412657
OCLC Number: 77517876
Language Note: English.
Notes: Title from Web page (viewed Jan. 2, 2006).
Description: 1 online resource (xlvii, 483 pages) : illustrations.
Contents: Advisors and contributors --
Acknowledgements --
About the set --
Introduction --
About the entry --
Using primary sources --
Chronology --
Immigration and migration prior to 1845 --
Immigration from 1845-1870 --
Immigration from 1870-1905 --
Immigration from 1905-1945 --
Immigration from 1945 to the present --
Refugees, asylees, and displaced persons --
Immigration reform: The ongoing debate --
Multiculturalism --
Sources consulted --
Index. Using Primary Sources --
Chronology --
Immigration and Migration Prior to 1845 --
Introduction to Immigration and Migration Prior to 1845 --
Plan of a Slave Ship's Hold --
The John Harrower Diary, 1773-1776 --
The Arrival of Prisoners at Botany Bay Penal Colony --
Act of March 26, 1790 --
Alien Act of 1798 --
Alien Enemy Act --
Explanations and Sample Contracts for German-Speaking Emigrants Wishing to Purchase Land in America --
Steerage Act --
The Hollingworth Family Letters, 1827-1830 --
Freedom from Indenture or Prison in Australia --
Immigration from 1845-1870 --
Introduction to Immigration from 1845-1870 --
"Poor Pat Must Emigrate" --
"Mise Eire" --
The Longford Letter --
North Bank of Waitera --
Liberia --
The Know-Nothing and American Crusader --
The Home of the Colored Race --
The Integration of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land --
"No Irish Need Apply" --
California "Anti-Coolie" Act of 1862 --
Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner --
Departure of a Colony of Emigrants at Train Station --
Naturalization Act of 1870 --
Immigration from 1870-1905 --
Introduction to Immigration from 1870-1905 --
The Emigrants' Dangers --
Arrival of Mennonite Emigrants --
Italian Life in New York --
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 --
Rosa Cavalleri: From Northern Italy to Chicago, 1884-1926 --
Is It Right for a Chinaman to Jeopard a White Man's Dinner? --
Invitation to the Inauguration of the Statue of Liberty by the President --
The New Colossus --
The Mixed Crowd --
From Russia to the Lower East Side in the 1890s --
The Chinese Exclusion Bill --
Shall Immigration be Suspended? --
The Census and Immigration --
Immigration and Naturalization --
The Assassination of McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo --
The English Lesson --
Immigration from 1905-1945 --
Introduction to Immigration from 1905-1945 --
The Exclusion of Asiatic Immigrants in Australia --
The Melting Pot --
Good Metal in Our Melting Pot, Says Miss Wald --
Your Duty--Buy United States Government Bonds --
Come Unto Me, Ye Opprest! --
Processing Immigrant Arrivals at Ellis Island --
The Materials of the New Race --
What I Owe to America --
Emigrant Woman Saying Goodbye --
High Lights on the Chinese Exclusion and Expulsion --
Germany's Anti-Jewish Campaign --
Angel Island --
Puerto Rican or Negro? --
Message from President of United States Favoring Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Law --
New Jewish Immigrants Await Processing in Haifa, Palestine --
Immigration from 1945 to the Present --
Introduction to Immigration from 1945 to the Present --
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Articles 13-15 --
Oyama v. California --
Report on Testing of Children of Migratory Agricultural Workers in the Waupun Area --
Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States --
Enoch Powell on the Immigration Crisis --
The Most Memorable Times of Our Lives, 1968-1975 --
Israel's Responsibility for and Policy Towards Diaspora Jewry --
Plyler v. Doe --
Mexican Immigrants Crossing the Rio Grande --
Amnesty: Who Is Eligible --
Counting the Uncountable --
Language of Closet Racism: An Illustration --
Is Teaching 'La Causa' Grounds for Firing? --
A Small Bengal, NW3 --
Youth Employment in Agriculture --
Constitutional Amendment to Allow Foreign-Born Citizens to be President --
The El Monte Experience --
International Adoptions --
U.S. Immigrant Educational Achievement --
Immigrant Homes and Wealth and Poverty --
U.S. Foreign Born by World Region of Birth --
Civic Integration --
Bishops' Conference Chairmen Support Farm Worker Proposal --
Top Ten Immigration Myths and Facts --
What Immigrants and Refugees Need to Know about the New Tennessee Driver's License and "Certificate for Driving" Law --
Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Permanent Resident --
Discontent Over Illegals in Arizona --
Immigrant Victims of Abuse Are Illegally Denied Benefits, Suit Says --
15 Years on the Bottom Rung --
Injured Soldier Naturalized at Walter Reed by USCIS Director --
Riots and Rage --
Australian Prime Minister Worries Over 'Extremist' Muslim Immigrants --
Refugees, Asylees, and Displaced Persons --
Introduction to Refugees, Asylees, and Displaced Persons --
Truman Statement on Displaced Persons --
Message from the President of the United States Transmitting His Recommendation That Congress Enact Legislation to Enable Displaced Persons to Enter the United States as Immigrants --
Displaced Persons Act of 1948 --
Camarioca Boat Lift --
Escapee in Lorry by Berlin Wall --
Ugandan Immigrants Arrive in London --
Yitzhak Rabin on the Centrality of Zionism to Israel's Existence --
Vietnamese Boat People Arrive at Indonesia's Anambas Islands --
The Nguyen Family: From Vietnam to Chicago, 1975-1986 --
America's Haitian Influx --
Rwandan Refugees in Bukavu --
Elian Gonzalez --
Proposed Refugee Admission for Fiscal Year 2005 --
Point of No Return --
Hmong Story Cloths --
Immigration Reform: The Ongoing Debate --
Introduction to Immigration Reform: The Ongoing Debate --
California Proposition 187 --
Blood on the Border --
Amy's Story --
Huddled Masses, Please Stay Away --
Immigrants Protest in Favor of Legalization Program in Spain --
Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security with Billions --
Bill on Illegal-Immigrant Aid Draws Fire --
The Minutemen Border Patrol --
Tom Tancredo's Wall --
House Votes for 698 Miles of Fences on Mexico Border --
Immigrants' Lament: Have Degree, No Job --
We Want to Stop People from Crossing into America Illegally --
UK Immigration and the 2005 General Election --
Come Hither --
Points System Will Favor Skilled Immigrant Workers, Says Clarke --
Holland Launches the Immigrant Quiz --
An Irish Face on the Cause of Citizenship --
500,000 Pack Streets to Protest Immigration Bills --
Real Injustice --
Multiculturalism --
Introduction to Multiculturalism --
1933 World's Fair in Chicago --
The Immigrant Strain --
New February Activities Focus on Black History Importance --
Reagan Signs into Law National Holiday --
Canadian Multiculturalism Act --
Bilingual Education: A Critique --
History of Bilingual Education --
Attacks on Foreigners and Immigrants in Post-Reunification Germany --
Resolution of the Board of Education Adopting the Report and Recommendations of the African-American Task Force --
Jewish Alumnus Sues University of Pennsylvania Over 'Water Buffalo' Incident --
Proposition 227 --
Checking the Immigrant Friendliness of Your Schools --
President George W. Bush and Secretary Elaine L. Chao Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month --
Australian Multiculturalism--The Policy --
McClatchy Adds "Diversity Day" as an Annual Holiday --
Gratz et al v. Bollinger --
Civic Leaders Call for Calm as Rumours Fly --
Music: The Shakira Dialectic --
Confederate Will Remain in Name of Vanderbilt Dorm --
A Southern Star Rises in the Low Country --
Dancehall with a Different Accent --
Berlusconi Warns Against Multiculturalism --
Why Aren't Black Business Tycoons Celebrated During Black History Month? --
Sources Consulted --
Index.
Series Title: Social issues primary sources collection.
Responsibility: K. Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, and Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner, editors.
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Abstract:

This volume of primary source documents focuses on some of the leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries: immigration and multiculturalism. It contains approximately 175 full and excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context. Entries are organized into chapters that feature a general overview of the chapter's subtopic. Also included is an introduction to the topic, a chronology of major events associated with the topic, and a general index.

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A valuable reference work for almost any library

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"Immigration and Multiculturalism is part of a ten-volume series of essential primary sources on major social issues of common concern today. It will be a valuable reference work for almost any library." --Choice,...
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