Race and Immigration in the United States: New Histories

by Paul Spickard

Book Overview

Race and Immigration in the United States is a collection of the very best of the new generation of scholarship in the field of immigration history. The traditional Ellis Island model of immigrant assimilation is no longer adequate to understand American history. A more subtle model is needed - one which does not exclude peoples of color from view, nor treat the experiences of European immigrants as a template for the experiences of non-white migrants...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415991374
• ISBN13: 9780415991377
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"