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Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life

by
Roger Daniels

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CONTENTS


Tables, Charts, and Maps                                           ix

Acknowledgments                                                    xi


Part I: Colonial America

    1. Overseas Migration from Europe                               3
    2. English Immigrants in America: Virginia, Maryland, and
       New England                                                 30
    3. Slavery and Immigrants from Africa                          53
    4. Other Europeans in Colonial America                         66
       Ethnicity and Race in American Life                        101


Part II: The Century of Immigration (1820-1924)

    6. Pioneers of the Century of Immigration: Irish, Germans,
       and Scandinavians                                          121
    7. From the Mediterranean: Italians, Greeks, Arabs, and
       Armenians                                                  185
    8. Eastern Europeans: Poles, Jews, and Hungarians
    9. Minorities from Other Regions: Chinese, Japanese, and
       French Canadians                                           238
   10. The Triumph of Nativism                                    265

 	
Part III: Modern Times

   11. Migration in Prosperity, Depression, and War, 1921-1945    287
   12. From the New World: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans             307
   13. Changing the Rules: Immigration Law, 1948-1980             328
   14. The New Asian Immigrants                                   350
   15. Caribbeans, Central Americans, and Soviet Jews             371
   16. The 1980s and Beyond                                       388


    Notes                                                         409

    Selected Bibliography                                         423

    Index                                                         433

    
    Illustrations follow pages 52, 212, and 372.




TABLES, CHARTS, AND MAPS


Tables

   1.1 "Berkeley School" Estimates of Central Mexican Population,
       1519-1605                                                    7
   1.2 European Population, 1600-2000                              16
   3.1 Estimated Slave Imports into the Americas, 1451-1870        62
   4.1 National or Linguistic Stocks in the United States, 1790    67
   6.1 Immigrants by Region of Last Residence, 1820-1920          122
   6.2 Immigration to the United States, 1820-1924                124
   6.3 Rate of Immigration per Thousand, 1820-1924                125
   6.4 Foreign Born as a Percentage of Population, 1850-1920      125
   6.5 Immigrants from Ireland, 1820-1924                         129
   6.6 Immigrants from Germany, 1820-1924                         146
   6.7 Immigrants from Scandinavia, 1820-1920                     165
   6.8 Danish Emigrants with Occupation, 1868-1900                182
   7.1 Emigrant Ports, 1907                                       186
   7.2 European Immigration to the United States, by Country,
       1901-1910                                                  188
   7.3 Italian Immigration to the United States, 1820-1920        189
   7.4 Immigrants from Greece and Turkey, 1820-1920               202
   8.1 Country of Origin, Polish Mother Tongue, 1910 Census       216
   8.2 Foreign-born White and Foreign White Stock, by Mother
       Tongue, from Russia, Austria, Germany, and Hungary, 1910   217
   8.3 Seven Leading Polish American Population Centers,
       1905 and 1920                                              220
   8.4 Country of Origin, Yiddish or Hebrew "Mother Tongue,"
       1910 Census                                                224
   9.1 Chinese in the Contiguous United States, 1870-1930         240
   9.2 Japanese in the Contiguous United States, 1900-1930        250
   9.3 French Canadians in the United States, 1890-1920           259
  11.1 Immigration and Emigration, 1921-1945                      288
  11.2 Immigration and Emigration, by Period, 1921-1945           289
  11.3 Immigration, by Period and Region, 1921-1945               290
  12.1 Puerto Ricans in New York City and the United States,
       1950-1980                                                  324
  13.1 Persons Admitted as Refugees, 1945-1980                    337
  13.2 Preference Systems: 1952 and 1965 Immigration Acts         342
  13.3 Numbers and Categories of Immigrants Admitted, 1977  
       and 1980                                                   344
  13.4 Number of Refugees and Asylees Admitted, 1981-1985         346
  14.1 Asian American Population, by Major Ethnic Group, 
       1940-1980                                                  351
  14.2 Filipinos in the United States, 1960-1990                  359
  14.3 Asian Indians in the United States, 1970-1990              363
  14.4 Koreans in the United States, 1970-1990                    365
  15.1 Estimate of Hispanic Population, by Origin, 1987           372
  15.2 Estimate of Hispanic Population, by State, 1987            372
  16.1 Legal Immigration to the United States, 1981-1990          404
  16.2 Foreign Born as a Percentage of Total Population, 
       1910-1980                                                  404


CHARTS

   9.1 Age and Sex Distribution of Chinese Americans, 1920        251
   9.2 Age and Sex Distribution of Japanese Americans, 1920       252
  13.1 Legal Immigration to the United States, by Region,  
       1831-1984                                                  335
  16.1 Applicants for Amnesty, 1986-1988                          394


MAPS

    1. Major Immigration Streams to ca. 1820                        6
    2. Major Immigration Streams from ca. 1820 to 1914            123
    3. Major Immigration Streams from 1941 to 1987                293

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