Details

Subject(s)

• United States—Emigration and immigration—Encyclopedias [Browse]
• Immigrants—United States—Encyclopedias [Browse]

Editor

• Arnold, Kathleen R., 1966- [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Encyclopedias [Browse]

Series

Gale virtual reference library [More in this series]

Summary note

Immigration continues to be a timely and often-controversial subject, particularly regarding legislation at the state level. While many books cover U.S. immigration, both historical and contemporary, few if any reference works examine the role of contemporary immigration in individual states. This two-volume encyclopedia fills that gap. Chapters address legal, social, political, and cultural issues of immigrant groups on a state-by-state basis and explore immigration trends and issues faced by individual ethnic populations. The encyclopedia will enable students to research the impact, contributions, and issues of immigration for each state to make comparisons between states and regions of the United States and to understand state versus national policies. By combining the history of immigration policy with current information, the work shows readers that many of the issues making news today are the same as those the nation dealt with in past decades. Studying state and local dynamics provide a unique perspective on this history.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• V. 1. Alabama-Missouri
• v. 2. Montana-Wyoming.

ISBN

• 9780313399183 (electronic bk.)
• 0313399182 (electronic bk.)

OCLC

900193979

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