Colonial Immigration Laws : A Study of the Regulation of Immigration by the English Colonies in America / Emberson Edward Proper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Proper, Emberson Edward, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1967]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the attitude of the colonial American governments toward the immigrants from other countries and toward those of religious and political creeds different from their own, and analyzes their efforts to encourage, regulate, and restrict immigration.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Part I. General Survey

I. Introductory

II. The Encouragement of Immigration

Part II. Detailed Survey

IV. Immigration Laws of the New England Colonies

V. Immigration Laws of the Middle Colonies

VI. Immigration Laws of the Southern Colonies

VII. Attitude of England toward Immigration

Part III. Reflective Analysis

VIII. Distribution and Characteristics of Nationalities

IX. Conclusion

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231879965

0231879962

OCLC:

1100431216