Title
Other Immigrants : The Global Origins of the American People / David Reimers.
ISBN
9780814769065
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2005]
Copyright
©2005
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.18574/nyu/9780814769065.001.0001 doi
Call Number
E184.A1 R4435 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.8/00973
Summary
Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians represent three of every four immigrants who arrived in the United States after 1970. Yet despite their large numbers and long history of movement to America, non-Europeans are conspicuously absent from many books about immigration.In Other Immigrants, David M. Reimers offers the first comprehensive account of non-European immigration, chronicling the compelling and diverse stories of frequently overlooked Americans. Reimers traces the early history of Black, Hispanic, and Asian immigrants from the fifteenth century through World War II, when racial hostility led to the virtual exclusion of Asians and aggression towards Blacks and Hispanics. He then tells the story of post-1945 immigration, when these groups dominated the immigration statistics and began to reshape American society.The capstone to a lifetime of groundbreaking work on immigration, Reimers's thoughtful history recognizes the ambiguity and subjectivity of race, noting that individuals often define themselves more complexly than census forms allow. However classified, record numbers of immigrants are streaming to the United States and creating the most diverse society in the world. Other Immigrants is a timely account of their arrival.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Introduction
PART I From beyond Europe, 1492-1940
1 The Beginnings, 1550-1900
2 Asians in Hawaii and the United States
3 North to America, 1900-1940
PART II The Emergence of a New Multicultural Society, 1940-Present
4 El Norte: Mexicans, 1940-Present
5 Central and South Americans
6 Across the Pacific Again: East Asian Immigrants
7 Across the Pacific Again: South Asian Immigrants
8 Middle Easterners
9 The New Black Immigrants
10 The Refugees: Cubans and Asians
Epilogue
Notes
Suggested Reading
Index
About the Author
