This Land is Our Land
The History of American Immigration
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016.
Format: Book
Description: 124 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
"This book explores the way government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups evolved throughout U.S. history, particularly between 1800 and 1965. The book concludes with a summary of events up to contemporary times, as immigration again becomes a hot-button issue."--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The beginnings: Germans, Irish, and Nativists -- The other Europe arrives: Italians, Jews, and Eastern Europeans -- The other shore: immigrants from Asia -- South of our border: Latin American immigrants -- Seeking safety and liberty: refugees -- This land is whose land?: from World War II into the twenty-first century -- Appendix: Coming to-and staying in-the United States -- Selected time line of immigration history.
Subjects:
Immigrants -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Teen literature.
Immigrants -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: 1080L
ISBN:
9781419716607
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T HISTORY Osb | St. Andrews Indoors | Teen Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/18/2024) |
T HISTORY Osb | Southeast | Teen Nonfiction | In |
T HISTORY Osb | Wheatley (Shandon) | Teen Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-120) and index.