Postwar immigrant America : a social history / Reed Ueda.
Material type: TextSeries: The Bedford series in history and culturePublication details: Boston, MA : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, c1994.Description: ix, 182 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:- 0312102798
- 9780312102791
- 031207526X (pbk.)
- 9780312075262 (pbk.)
- JV6455 .U35 1994
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The historical context of immigration -- The changing waves of immigration -- The matrix of push and pull -- The ebb and flow of immigration -- Immigrants in the early twentieth century -- 1. The Legacy of Restriction. -- The retreat to restrictionism -- The origins of immigration policy -- Restrictions on Asian admissions -- The creation of an omnibus restrictive policy -- Transition to an omnibus selective policy -- The decline of return migration -- Toward unified and restricted naturalization -- The system of discriminatory naturalization -- The centralized administration of naturalization -- The continuing influx after restriction -- Exodus from Canada and Mexico -- The airplane migration from Puerto Rico -- The rise of the refugee class -- Continuation of the demographic shift --2. The Transformation Policy. -- The path to worldwide immigration policy -- The McCarran-Walter Act -- The Hart-Cellar Act -- The Immigration Reform and Control Act -- The expansion of refugee legislation -- The liberalization of naturalization policy -- The globalization of immigration -- Push and pull factors in the postindustrial era -- 3. The Changing Face of Post-1965 Immigration. -- An imbalanced worldwide immigration -- The new Asian immigrants -- The new Latin American immigrants -- The West Indian and Haitian immigrants -- The declining factor of European immigration -- Seeding the new frontier of immigrant colonies -- 4. The Making of a World Melting Pot. -- Patterns of social mobility -- The structure of economic opportunity -- The ethnic dimensions of economic progress -- Asian patterns of mobility -- Hispanic patterns of mobility -- West Indian and Haitian patterns of mobility -- The changing face of mobility and inequality -- Educational gains -- Linguistic assimilation -- Family and population -- Fertility and immigration -- Intermarriage -- Transitions in identity and community -- The societal impact of changing immigration. 5. The Immigrant and American Democracy. -- The path to American citizenship -- The changing distance between aliens and citizens -- Naturalization of aliens -- Learning American national identity -- The expanding role of government in ethnic relations -- Toward equal opportunity for new Americans -- The rise of official group identity -- 6. Immigration and the National Future.