Immigration policy and the shaping of U.S. culture : becoming America /: becoming America. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roger White (Professor of Economics, Whittier College, USA).
• Authors: White, Roger, 1967-
• Contents: Contents: Preface 1. A Legacy of Discrimination PART I A REVIEW OF U.S. IMMIGRATION HISTORY 2. The Colonial Era and the Northern and Western European Wave, 1607-1874 3. The Southern and Eastern European Wave: Qualitative Restrictions, 1875-1920 4. The National Origins Quota System: Quantitative Restrictions, 1921-1967 5. A Pivot in U.S. Immigration Policy, 1968-Present PART II THE DETERMINANTS OF U.S. IMMIGRATION, EFFECTS OF POLICY CHANGES, AND CONSEQUENCES FOR CULTURAL DIFFERENCES 6. Identifying the Determinants of U.S. Immigration 7. The Effects of Policy Changes on Immigration to the United States 8. The Influence of Immigration Policy on Cross-societal Cultural Distances PART III IMPLICATIONS FOR AMERICAN CULTURE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR POLICY 9. Looking Forward: Anticipated Cultural Evolution and Corresponding Implications, 2015-2065 10. How Immigration Policy Has Shaped American Culture and Opportunities for U.S. Public Policy in the Twenty-first Century References Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 205 pages ), illustrations
• Subjects: 325.73; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration; Culture diffusion -- United States; Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects; Migration, immigration & emigration; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social; Regional studies; Cultural studies; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786435286; 1786435284
• Related ISBNs: 1786435276; 9781786435279
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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