From All Points: America's Immigrant West, 1870s-1952

by Elliott Robert Barkan

Book Overview

At a time when immigration policy is the subject of heated debate, this book makes clear that the true wealth of America is in the diversity of its peoples. By the end of the 20th century the American West was home to nearly half of America's immigrant population, including Asians and Armenians, Germans and Greeks, Mexicans, Italians, Swedes, Basques, and others. This book tells their rich and complex story--of adaptation and isolation, maintaining...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025334851X
• ISBN13: 9780253348517
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher