Immigration : how the past shapes the present / Nancy Foner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foner, Nancy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Emigration and immigration--History.

United States.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Physical Description:

v, 202 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; Hoboken : Polity Press, 2026.

Summary:

"American history is, in part, a history of immigration - of waves of people from other lands making their way to America's shores. That extraordinary history is at the heart of this book by Nancy Foner, one of America's leading immigration scholars. Immigration: How the Past Shapes the Present argues that the past is critical in understanding current immigration; that a new historical perspective offers important insights into what is happening today. Foner examines both the facts of immigration in the past and how they are perceived - the stories, myths, and memories that color how we think of immigration today and equally important the politics that govern it. This new historical perspective helps us understand contemporary nativism, helps distinguish what is new from long established patterns, reveals how legacies of earlier immigration shape the lives of present-day arrivals, and offers a fresh look at what lies ahead. The book is especially relevant at a time when immigration history is being made - on an almost daily basis - yet scholarship on today's immigration does not always consider the past. Drawing on a wealth of historical and contemporary research, the book makes a clear and powerful case for writing history into the study of contemporary immigration"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: A New Perspective on Immigration, Past and Present

What Do We Remember? Myths, Memories, and Misperception of America's Immigrant Past

Nativism: Hostility and Nostalgia

How the Immigrant Past Shapes the Immigrant Present

Different Histories: U.S.-Europe Comparisons

Conclusion: Past, Present, and Future

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-191) and index

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781509557912

1509557911

9781509557929

150955792X

OCLC:

1530356338

Publisher Number:

CIPO000380937