Immigration and the United States.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyler, Poyntz, editor.

Series:

Reference shelf ; v. 28, no. 1.

The Reference shelf ; v. 28, no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Emigration and immigration.

Etats-Unis. Immigration.

Local Subjects:

Etats-Unis. Immigration.

Physical Description:

201 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : H.W. Wilson Co., 1956.

Summary:

Volume 28, No. 1.

Contents:

The lamplighters / Felix S. Cohen

Immigration policy prior to World War I / Carl Wittke

Immigration policy since World War I

International implications of American immigration policy / Paul Wiers

Through the back door / John G. Rogers

The wetbacks / Gladwin Hill

Why they come / Richard P. Eckels

"Melting pot" or "Nation of nations"? / Nathan Glazer

In defense of 100 per cent Americanism / Robert B. Pitkin

Common denominators / Yaroslav J. Chyz and Read Lewis

Puerto Rican in-migration

The Puerto Rican problem in New York / Blake Clark

Immigration and America's strength / Edward Corsi

President Truman's veto of the McCarran-Walter bill

On the other hand / Francis E. Walter

The stranger at our gates / Charles H. Seaver

America's new front-door policy / Herv*e L'Heureux

McCarran-Walter stimulates immigration.

Time for a change? / Charles H. Seaver

Canada's welcome mat / Carleton Ketchum

The world's uprooted / Fred W. Riggs

Compassion by slide rule / Cabell Phillips

The Corsi imbroglio

The new broom / W.H. Lawrence

Changes would imperil security / Francis E. Walter

Refugee relief program a dreary failure / Herbert H. Lehman

Immigration policy versus foreign policy / Walter W. Van Kirk

The new look in American immigration / Edward S. Maney

Injustices of the McCarran-Walter law / Edward Corsi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-201).

Other Format:

Online version: Tyler, Poyntz. Immigration and the United States.

OCLC:

1037202