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

Roger Daniels, Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life, © 1990, Harper Perennial, New York, Soft cover, 450 Pages, 0-06-092100-5, 973.04--dc20.

Encyclopedic in scope, yet lively and provocative. Coming to America in one of those rare books that will serve experts and the general public equally well -- San Francisco Chronicle (On front cover)

Synopsis: A leading expert's lavishly illustrated, comprehensive, and definitive study of immigration -- up-to-date and engrossing.

Subjects:

1. Ethnology -- United States -- History
2. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History
3. Immigrants -- United States -- History.

CONTENTS

• Tables, Charts, and Maps ix
• Acknowledgments xi

Part I:

• Colonial America
• Overseas Migration from Europe
• English Immigrants in America: Virginia, Maryland, and New England
• Slavery and Immigrants from Africa
• Other Europeans in Colonial America
• Ethnicity and Race in American Life

Part II:

• The Century of Immigration (1820-1924)
• Pioneers of the Century of Immigration: Irish, Germans, and Scandinavians
• From the Mediterranean: Italians, Greeks, Arabs, and Armenians
• Eastern Europeans: Poles, Jews, and Hungarians
• Minorities from Other Regions: Chinese, Japanese, and French Canadians
• The Triumph of Nativism

Part III:

• Modern Times
• Migration in Prosperity, Depression, and War, 1921-1945
• From the New World: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans
• Changing the Rules: Immigration Law, 1948-1980
• The New Asian Immigrants
• Caribbeans, Central Americans, and Soviet Jews
• The 1980s and Beyond

 

• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• Index

TABLES, CHARTS, AND MAPS

Tables

• "Berkeley School" Estimates of Central Mexican Population, 1519-1605
• European Population, 1600-2000
• Estimated Slave Imports into the Americas, 1451-1870
• National or Linguistic Stocks in the United States, 1790
• Immigrants by Region of Last Residence, 1820-1920
• Immigration to the United States, 1820-1924
• Rate of Immigration per Thousand, 1820-1924
• Foreign Born as a Percentage of Population, 1850-1920
• Immigrants from Ireland, 1820-1924
• Immigrants from Germany, 1820-1924
• Immigrants from Scandinavia, 1820-1920
• Danish Emigrants with Occupation, 1868-1900
• Emigrant Ports, 1907
• European Immigration to the United States, by Country, 1901-1910
• Italian Immigration to the United States, 1820-1920
• Immigrants from Greece and Turkey, 1820-1920
• Country of Origin, Polish Mother Tongue, 1910 Census
• Foreign-born White and Foreign White Stock, by Mother Tongue, from Russia, Austria, Germany, and Hungary, 1910
• Seven Leading Polish American Population Centers, 1905 and 1920
• Country of Origin, Yiddish or Hebrew "Mother Tongue," 1910 Census
• Chinese in the Contiguous United States, 1870-1930
• Japanese in the Contiguous United States, 1900-1930
• French Canadians in the United States, 1890-1920
• Immigration and Emigration, 1921-1945
• Immigration and Emigration, by Period, 1921-1945
• Immigration, by Period and Region, 1921-1945
• Puerto Ricans in New York City and the United States, 1950-1980
• Persons Admitted as Refugees, 1945-1980
• Preference Systems: 1952 and 1965 Immigration Acts
• Numbers and Categories of Immigrants Admitted, 1977 and 1980
• Number of Refugees and Asylees Admitted, 1981-1985
• Asian American Population, by Major Ethnic Group, 1940-1980
• Filipinos in the United States, 1960-1990
• Asian Indians in the United States, 1970-1990
• Koreans in the United States, 1970-1990
• Estimate of Hispanic Population, by Origin, 1987
• Estimate of Hispanic Population, by State, 1987
• Legal Immigration to the United States, 1981-1990
• Foreign Born as a Percentage of Total Population, 1910-1980

CHARTS

• Age and Sex Distribution of Chinese Americans, 1920
• Age and Sex Distribution of Japanese Americans, 1920
• Legal Immigration to the United States, by Region, 1831-1984
• Applicants for Amnesty, 1986-1988

MAPS

• Major Immigration Streams to ca. 1820
• Major Immigration Streams from ca. 1820 to 1914
• Major Immigration Streams from 1941 to 1987

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

• LC Control No.: 89046524
• Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
• Personal Name: Daniels, Roger.
• Main Title: Coming to America : a history of immigration and ethnicity in American life / Roger Daniels.
• Edition Information: 1st ed.
• Published/Created: New York, NY : HarperCollins, c1990.
• Description: xii, 450 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
• ISBN: 0060160985 (cloth) : $29.95 ($39.95 Can.)
• Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-431) and index.
• Subjects: Ethnology --United States --History. Immigrants --United States --History. United States --Emigration and immigration --History.
• LC Classification: E184.A1 D26 1990
• Dewey Class No.: 973/.04 20
• Geographic Area Code: n-us---