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Immigration: An American History
A sweeping narrative history of American immigration from the colonial period to the present
“A masterly historical synthesis, full of wonderful detail and beautifully written, that brings fresh insights to the story of how immigrants were drawn to and settled in America over the centuries.”—Nancy Foner, author of One Quarter of the Nation
The history of the United States has been shaped by immigration. Historians Carl J. Bon Tempo and Hasia R. Diner provide a sweeping historical narrative told through the lives and words of the quite ordinary people who did nothing less than make the nation.
Drawn from stories spanning the colonial period to the present, Bon Tempo and Diner detail the experiences of people from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. They explore the many themes of American immigration scholarship, including the contexts and motivations for migration, settlement patterns, work, family, racism, and nativism, against the background of immigration law and policy. Taking a global approach that considers economic and personal factors in both the sending and receiving societies, the authors pay close attention to how immigration has been shaped by the state response to its promises and challenges.
“A masterly historical synthesis, full of wonderful detail and beautifully written, that brings fresh insights to the story of how immigrants were drawn to and settled in America over the centuries.”—Nancy Foner, author of One Quarter of the Nation
The history of the United States has been shaped by immigration. Historians Carl J. Bon Tempo and Hasia R. Diner provide a sweeping historical narrative told through the lives and words of the quite ordinary people who did nothing less than make the nation.
Drawn from stories spanning the colonial period to the present, Bon Tempo and Diner detail the experiences of people from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. They explore the many themes of American immigration scholarship, including the contexts and motivations for migration, settlement patterns, work, family, racism, and nativism, against the background of immigration law and policy. Taking a global approach that considers economic and personal factors in both the sending and receiving societies, the authors pay close attention to how immigration has been shaped by the state response to its promises and challenges.
416 pages, Hardcover
Published May 31, 2022
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August 20, 2024
3.5 - read for work. the history was super interesting, especially the earlier stuff that i didn’t know about, but overall not super well written. the first half was pretty decent, but by the end it was basically just listing statistics and stories and hard to really grasp the whole picture. also sometimes the sentence structure was so weird like they were trying so hard not to use the same word twice on one page so they used 5 words to say the same thing. i had to reread many sentences multiple times to try to understand what they were saying
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January 6, 2024Excellent factual book. A detailed history of immigration without a political spin--facts. Dispels lots of myths about past immigrations in the USA. Starts in the 1600's and concludes in 2022.
November 11, 2024
Good. Bought used and it was heavily annotated. it was lovely.
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December 23, 2025read ts cover to cover for class so best believe i’m logging it
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