Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life Book Summary and Study Guide

This is a thorough history of immigration in the United States from 1492 to the present day. Roger Daniels analyzes immigration patterns and policy for every decade since colonial times. The text covers the reasons why people chose to immigrate to the United States and the methods they used to get to the country. Daniels looks at the major issues that shaped all of the significant American immigration laws and how the citizenship process has changed over time. Also covered are the jobs that were available to different groups of immigrants and the reasons why people from different countries settled in different regions of the United States.
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