Table of Contents

Introduction
Section One The Law of Immigration and the Legal Construction of Citizenship
Chapter One Unregulated Immigration and Its Opponents: from Colonial America to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Chapter Two Regulation and Exclusion
Chapter Three Reform in the Mid- Twentieth Century: Removing Barriers, Debating Consequences
Section Two Emigration and Immigration: From the International Migrants' Perspective
Introduction
Chapter Four Mass Population Movements and Resettlement, 1820-1924
Chapter Five Mass Population Movements and Resettlement, 1970 to the Present: Continuity and Change
Section Three The Dialogue of Ethnicity and Assimilation
Chapter Six The Widening Mainstream
Chapter Seven The Future of Assimilation
Conclusion
Further Reading

About the Author

David A. Gerber is Distinguished Professor of History at the University at Buffalo. He is the author of The Making of an American Pluralism and Authors of Their Lives.

Reviews

"David Gerber has achieved a remarkable feat in synthesizing and interpreting a vast literature on American immigration over the centuries in this short introduction. Sensitive to historical detail but also attuned to broader perspectives, this well-written and engaging book is full of insights about the causes, consequences, and legal context of immigration and reminds us that current immigration debates have a long history." --Nancy Foner, author of From
Ellis Island to JFK: New York's Two Great Waves of Immigration
"In this insightful, brief volume, Gerber makes effective use of recent historical scholarship in a cogent and highly accessible analysis of contemporary immigration issues." --Barbara M. Posadas, Northern Illinois University