And still they come : immigrants and American society, 1920 to the 1990s

And still they come : immigrants and American society, 1920 to the 1990s / Elliott Robert Barkan.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barkan, Elliott Robert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wheeling, Ill. : H. Davidson, ©1996.
Series:American history series (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
Subjects:
Immigrants > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1. From postwar to the eve of World War: 1920-1940. The 1920s: hating the immigrant floodtide ; Adapting to America: the interwar years ; The thirties in crisis: repatriation, refugees, and the New Deal
  • pt. 2. From World War to Cold War: 1940-1965. Waging war
  • at home and abroad ; Breaking new ground: war brides, DPs, and refugees ; Immigrants and American society at midcentury
  • pt. 3. America in a rimless world: 1965-1995. In the era of the Cold War and beyond: immigrants and ethnics ; Immigrant and ethnic adaptation in the late twentieth century: diversities within diversity ; The 1990s: new directions or full circle?
  • Appendix: Additional tables.

Similar Items