Encyclopedia Of North American Immigration (Facts on File Library of American History)

Encyclopedia of North American Immigration is a solid, comprehensive one-volume encyclopedia consisting of more than 300 A-to-Z entries on events, themes, people, places, and legislation related to immigration. This valuable reference to a popular and ever-changing topic provides straightforward and concise information on the groups, policies, and events that defined the world's greatest migration of peoples and shaped their reception in North America. Each of the articles includes an extensive, up-to-date bibliography that will provide every reader with the necessary resources for further research. Historical black-and-white photographs, as well as maps and graphs, are enhanced by a general bibliography, a subject index, and a general index. The transformation of the culture of the North American continent since the 15th century is one of the great historical events of the past 500 years. For good or bad, it has shaped the destinies of millions of people of all races, transformed the nature of international politics, and altered the concept of personal possibilities in every country. The magnitude and diversity of the migration to North America has made analysis of the process as a whole quite difficult, mainly because the peopling of North America was not a single movement, but hundreds of separate movements, each with its own story, foundations, rationale, and outcome.

powell (history, Oklahoma Baptist U.) Presents Some 300 Entries On Events, Themes, People, Places, And Legislation Related To Immigration, For High School And General Readers. In His Preface He Identifies His Goals, Which Include A Focus On Historical Factors That Spurred Immmigration, Coverage Of The Us And Canada, Presentation Of Recent Census Data, And Assembly Of Extensive Further Reading Lists For Each Entry. Numerous Historical Black-and-white Photographs, Maps, Graphs, And Tables Complement The Text, As Do A Glossary, An Appendix Of Document Excerpts, And A General Bibliography. Arrangement Of Entries Is Alphabetical, With Access Afforded Through A List Of Entries By Theme—with The Biggest Number Of Entries Under Immigrant Groups—and A General Index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

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because Immigration Increased Over Time, It Is Usually Studied As A Series Of Events That Had Unique Effects On Each Group Of Immigrants. In This A-to-z, Powell (history, Oklahoma Baptist Univ.) Does As Much, Providing 300 Entries For Groups, People, Concepts, And Events Related To U.s. And Canadian Immigration. Coverage Seems Broad, But Inconsistencies Become Recognizable, E.g., There Is A Lengthy Entry For Refugee Status But None For Asylee Status. A Resource About Immigration, However Large Or Small, Shouldn't Fail To Provide A Separate Entry For A Term Perhaps More Synonymous With U.s. Immigration Than Any Other.-mirela Roncevic Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

"Encyclopedia of North American Immigration is a solid, comprehensive one-volume encyclopedia consisting of more than 300 A-to-Z entries on events, themes, people, places, and legislation related to immigration." "This valuable reference to a popular and ever-changing topic provides straightforward and concise information on the groups, policies, and events that defined the world's greatest migration of peoples and shaped their reception in North America. Each of the entries includes an extensive, up-to-date further reading list that will provide readers with the resources necessary for further research. More than 60 historical black-and-white photographs; 31 maps, graphs, and tables; a glossary; an appendix of document excerpts; a general bibliography; a subject index; and a general index round out the book."--BOOK JACKET