Penn State University Libraries - HIST 021: American Civilization Since 1877

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Selected subject headings:

Emigration and immigration--History

Immigrants--United States--Social conditions

Selected titles on Reserve:

The Cambridge survey of world migration (1995)

• "In ninety-five contributions, leading scholars consider issues such as migration patterns, the flights of refugees and illegal migration." (Ref. JV6021.C35 1995)

Dictionary of American immigration history (1990)

• "... facts and data on the history of American immigration." (Ref. JV6450.D53  1990)

Encyclopedia of American immigration (2001)

• "... covers the history of immigrant groups ranging from Native American Indians to Southeast Asian refugees, as well as a variety of historical topics such as nativism, living conditions, and legislation." (Ref. JV6465.E53 2001)

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups (1980)

• "... Each ethnic group is described in detail. The origins, history and present situation of the familiar as well as the virtually unknown are presented succinctly and objectively. Not only the immigrants and refugees who came voluntarily but also those already in the New World when the first Europeans arrived, those whose ancestors came involuntarily as slaves, and those who became part of the American population as a result of conquest or purchase and subsequent annexation figure in these pages." ( Ref. E184.A1H35)

Encyclopedia of North American immigration (2005)

• "...more than 300 A-to-Z entries on events, themes, people, places, and legislation related to immigration." (Ref. JV6465.P68 2005)
  

Immigration in U.S. history (2006)

• "...includes 17 articles treating African Americans; 56 articles about Asian immigrants, including articles specifically on Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Pacific Islander, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Tibetan, and Vietnamese immigrants; 25 articles on Latino and West Indian immigrants, including articles specifically on Cubans, Dominicans, Haitians, Jamaicans, and Mexicans; 10 articles on Middle Eastern immigrants, including articles specifically on Arabs, Iranians, and Israelis; 37 articles on European immigrants, including articles on German, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Polish, Russian, and Scandinavian immigrants." (Ref. JV6450.I565 2006)