Screen LibraryImmigration policy and the shaping of U.S. culture : becoming America /
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| Published: |
Edward Elgar Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 205 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781786435279 (hardback) : 1786435276 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | JV6483 |
| CLC: | D771.238-09 |
| Call Number: | D771.238-09/W587 |
| Contents: | A legacy of discrimination -- The Colonial Era and the Northern and Western European wave. 1607-1874 -- The Southern and Eastern European wave: qualitative restrictions. 1875-1920 -- The National Origins Quota system: quantitative restrictions. 1921-1967 -- A pivot in U.S. immigration policy. 1968-present -- Identifying the determinants of U.S. immigration -- The effects of policy changes on immigration to the United States -- The influence of immigration policy on cross-societal cultural distances -- Looking forward: anticipated cultural evolution and corresponding implications, 2015-2065 -- How immigration policy has shaped American culture and opportunities for U.S. public policy in the twenty-first century. |