Unwelcome Strangers(Updated) American Identity and the Turn Against Immigration by DavidM. Reimers, Professor DavidReimers Paperback, 218 Pages, Published 1999 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-10957-4, ISBN: 0-231-10957-1
"Is it time for America-a country founded and forged by immigrants-to shut its doors? After decades of liberal policies that welcomed ever greater numbers of immigrants, America is seeing a surge in anti-immigration sentiment. Congressional debates, polls, incidents of violence, and the growing strength of anti-immigration groups all indicate a growing nativism. In Unwelcome Strangers, David M. Reimers enters into the emotionally charged ..."
Still the Golden Door(2nd Edition) The Third World Comes to America by DavidM. Reimers Paperback, 350 Pages, Published 1992 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-07681-4, ISBN: 0-231-07681-9
"Ronald Copeland, "The Cuban Boatlift of 1980: Strategies in Federal Crisis
Management," in Scanlan and Loescher, eds., Global Refugees, pp. 141-42.
Copeland's article is a comprehensive account of the Mariel exodus. 43. New
York Times, April 9, 1980, and April 15, 1980; Newsweek, April 28, 1980, pp. 38-
43. 44. New York Times, May 6, 1980. 45. New York Times, May 18, 1980. In late
May the administration finally began to seize boats ..."
"The World Comes to America provides an overview of the groups of immigrants who arrived in the United States after World War II ended in 1945. Authors Leonard Dinnerstein and David M. Reimers examine the groups who came to America, explaining their reasons for immigrating, noting where they settled, and discussing how they fared once they arrived. The authors cover conflicting American attitudes towards welcoming strangers and the diffe ..."
""Who is an American?" "How does a person who is not an American become one?" Now in its sixth edition, Natives and Strangers: A History of Ethnic Americans addresses these and many other vital questions. Comprehensive and accessible, this unique volume explores various aspects of American minority group history. Examining the impact that America has had on minority peoples and cultures--and vice versa--authors Leonard Dinnerstein, Roger ..."
Teaching Diversity Ser.(99th Edition) People of Color and Women of Color: Teaching Immigration of People of Color to the United States by DavidM. Reimers Paperback, 52 Pages, Published 1999 by Amer Historical Assn ISBN-13: 978-0-87229-110-2, ISBN: 0-87229-110-3
""Who is an American?" "How does a person who is not an American become one?" Now in its fifth edition, Natives and Strangers: A History of Ethnic Americans addresses these and many other vital questions. A comprehensive and accessible text, this unique volume explores various aspects of American minority group history. Examining the impact that America has had on minority peoples and cultures--and vice versa--it also provides insights i ..."
"Now in its fourth edition, Natives and Strangers explores various aspects of minority group history, describing the impact America has had on minority peoples and cultures--and vice versa--and providing some understanding of the different conditions, conflicts, and contradictions that members of American minority groups experienced. Beginning with the American Indian migration throughout the United States, the book discusses the variety ..."
"-- A celebration of the ethnic groups that provide the United States and Canada with their rich and varied cultural heritages-- Narrates the history and culture of specific immigrant or native populations-- Generously illustrated with photographs, maps, and graphics"
The Way We Lived(2nd Edition) Essays and Documents in American Social History/1865-Present by Frederick M. Binder, DavidM. Reimers Paperback, 2 Pages, Published 1992 by D C Heath & Co ISBN-13: 978-0-669-24475-5, ISBN: 0-669-24475-9
".Oh! War as nothing else brings you back to the adventurous times of old." One of
Lillian Wald's "boys" ... source: War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator (New
York: George H. Doran Co., 1926), 267-71. me. Few men live to know what real
fearĀ ..."
The Way We Lived(2nd Edition) Essays and Documents in American Social History, Vol. 1: 1607-1877, by Frederick M. Binder, DavidM. Reimers Paperback, 321 Pages, Published 1992 by D C Heath & Co ISBN-13: 978-0-669-24474-8, ISBN: 0-669-24474-0
"The second edition of this successful collection of readings on diverse issues of U.S. social history features essays and documents concerning home and family, sex and gender roles, race and ethnicity, work, religion, social class, and culture. Each of the two volumes offers sixteen engaging essays culled from the ever-growing literature on U.S. social history, with each essay accompanied by two or three documents drawn from autobiograp ..."
"Brought completely up to date to reflect recent scholarship and the new wave of immigration to the United States in the last decade, the second edition of this immensely popular book highlights a much-neglected dimension of the American past by giving a unique focus to the history of the nation's minority groups. Within the context of the country's economic development, the authors show how blacks, Indians, and immigrant minorities hel ..."
"For more than three decades, Ethnic Americans has been hailed as a classic history of immigration to America. Leonard Dinnerstein and David M. Reimers begin with a brief overview of immigration during the colonial and early national eras (1492 to the 1820s), focusing primarily on the arrival of English Protestants, while at the same time stressing the diversity brought by Dutch, French, Spanish, and other small groups, including "free p ..."
Still the Golden Door The Third World Comes to America by DavidM. Reimers, Dm Reimers Paperback, 319 Pages, Published 1987 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-05771-4, ISBN: 0-231-05771-7
"This revised edition includes extensive discussion of undocumented immigrants, the 1990 immigration act, recent changes in refugee status, and the new wave of East European and Soviet immigrants."
"First published in 1977, Ethnic Americans has established itself as the classic study of immigration to the United States in the twentieth century. This updated edition reflects developments of the 1980s and '90s -- a period that has seen the greatest wave of immigration in American history. The burgeoning trend of increasing immigration, mostly from Latin America, Asia, and the Caribbean, is expected to continue. But how welcome will ..."
The Way We Lived(4th Edition) (Essays and Documents in American Social History Volume II: 1865-Present) Fouth Edition by Frederick M. Binder, DavidM. Reimers Paperback, 314 Pages, Published 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN-13: 978-0-395-95961-9, ISBN: 0-395-95961-6
"Softcover, 9 x 6.5 inches, The way We lived volume II, 1865 to present. Essays and Documents in American Social History. By Frederick M . Binder and David M. Reimers. Condition is very good to good with nineteen chapters , Chapter15-19 are heavily highlighted, rest of the book is clean, also found a number of pages with dog ears for marking a place; Remains very good."
"Natives and Strangers, now in its third edition, explores the various aspects of minority group history, describing the impact America had on minority cultures and providing some understanding of the different conditions, conflicts, and contradictions that members of American minority groups experienced. Natives and Strangers concentrates on the economic growth and development of social attitudes among different ethnic minorities. The ..."
The Way We Lived(3rd Edition) Essays and Documents in American Social History : 1607-1877 by DavidM. Reimers, Frederick M. Binder Paperback, 322 Pages, Published 1995 by D C Heath & Co ISBN-13: 978-0-669-39714-7, ISBN: 0-669-39714-8
"Frederick M. Binder, David M. Reimers. full of small arms, ready loaden and prim'
d, constantly lying at hand upon the quarter-deck, together with some granada
shells; and two of our quarter-deck guns, pointing on the deck thence, and two
more out of the steerage, the door of which is always kept shut, and well barr'd;
they are fed twice a day, at 10 in the morning, and 4 in the evening, which is the
time they are aptest to mutiny, ..."
Ethnic Americans(3rd Edition) A History of Immigration by Leonard Dinnerstein, DavidM. Reimers Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1988 by Harpercollins College Div ISBN-13: 978-0-06-041671-3, ISBN: 0-06-041671-8