Debating American Immigration, 1882-Present

By (author) Roger Daniels, Otis L. Graham

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Publication date:

14 February 2001

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9780742576339

In Debating American Immigration, 1882-Present, prominent historians Roger Daniels and Otis Graham offer competing interpretations of the past, present, and future of American immigration policy and American attitudes towards immigration. Through original essays and supporting primary documents, the authors provide recommendations for future policies and legal remedies. This compact and clearly written text is an excellent introduction to one of today's most emotionally charged issues.
From starkly contrasting points of view, two accomplished historians, Roger Daniels and Otis Graham, interpret changes in immigration restriction policies from an era of closure to the increasing openness of recent years. One story features the opportunities of an expanding economy, the other the failure of the political system to cope with long-term problems that weakly regulated immigration fosters....