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Not Like Us: Immigrants and Minorities in America, 1890-1924 (American Ways Series)
Roger Daniels
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In the thirty-five years after 1890, more than 20 million immigrants came to the United States-a greater number than in any comparable period, before or since. They were often greeted in hostile fashion, a reflection of American nativism that by the 1890s was already well developed. In this analytical narrative, Roger Daniels examines the condition of immigrants, Native Americans, and African Americans during a period of supposed progress for American minorities. He shows that they experienced as much repression as advance. Not Like Us opens by considering the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the hinge on which U.S. immigration policy ... Read more
In the thirty-five years after 1890, more than 20 million immigrants came to the United States-a greater number than in any comparable period, before or since. They were often greeted in hostile fashion, a reflection of American nativism that by the 1890s was already well developed. In this analytical narrative, Roger Daniels examines the condition of immigrants, Native Americans, and African Americans during a period of supposed progress for American minorities. He shows that they experienced as much repression as advance. Not Like Us opens by considering the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the hinge on which U.S. immigration policy ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
American Ways Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566631662
SKU
V9781566631662
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99-1
About Roger Daniels
Roger Daniels is Charles Phelps Taft Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati and president of the Immigration History Society. His other books include The Politics of Prejudice; American Racism; Concentration Camps, USA; Asian Americans; and Prisoners Without Trial.
Reviews for Not Like Us: Immigrants and Minorities in America, 1890-1924 (American Ways Series)
A readable history of ethnic minorities and immigrants . . . powerful.
Maxine D. Jones
Journal of Southern History
Lucid and effective . . . Daniels maps out the contradictions and inequities which characterize legislation enacted against the socially defined 'other.'
Immigrants and Minorities
Maxine D. Jones
Journal of Southern History
Lucid and effective . . . Daniels maps out the contradictions and inequities which characterize legislation enacted against the socially defined 'other.'
Immigrants and Minorities