Series Foreword Preface Introduction Should the United States Have an Open Immigration Policy? Have Immigrants Been an Economic Asset or an Economic Liability for the United States? Should Humanitarian Concerns Dictate U.S. Immigration Policy? Has Immigrant Diversity Been a Contribution or a Threat to America's Strength and Unity? Has Immigration Affected National Identity? Immigration and National Identity How Does Immigration Affect National Identity? What Are the Arguments For and Against English-Only and Bilingual Education? Assimilation or Cultural Diversity? Immigration and the Public Order Does Immigration Pose a Threat to National Security? How Have Immigration Issues Affected U.S. Foreign Policy? Are Undocumented Immigrants Helpful or Harmful to the United States? How Vigorously Should the Government Enforce Laws Regulating Undocumented Immigrants? Human Rights Issues What Rights Should Immigrants Have in the United States? Appendix: Immigration to the United States by Country for Decades 1820-1995 Appendix: Chronological Listing of Documents by Major Periods of Immigration Select Bibliography Index
Examines 12 key immigration issues from colonial times to the present through eighty-six pro and con primary documents and explanatory commentary.
Henry Bischoff is Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Sciences and Human Services at Ramapo College. He has written books and articles on immigration and local history. He was the director of the Garden State Immigration History Consortium and the recipient of the New Jersey Historical Commission Award of Recognition.
"A clearly written, informative work on the contentious topics that
have shaped the American experience. Four major sections address
U.S. immigration policy, national identity, public order, and human
rights. Each one is divided into chapters that examine such
questions as "Are Undocumented Immigrants Helpful or Harmful to the
Untied States?" Chapters offer and introductory essay followed by a
chronologically arranged appendix of historical and contemporary
primary-source documents excerpted from newspaper editorials,
presidential addresses, books, and scholarly journals. Though many
of these documents may, at first glance, seem dated, students will
quickly realize that they are amazingly current and relevant. It's
eye opening to read Emma Lazarus's poem "New Colossus" before an
editorial from the same era calling for tthe U.S. "to reject
loathsome new immigrants..,."an essential volume for all high
school reference shelves."-School Library Journal
"For the serious student, this is an outstanding collection of
opinions, government reports, and essays. Recommended."-The Book
Report
"The book will prove very useful to teachers of the US history
survey as well as more specialized courses in the history of
American immigration and ethnicity....[t]he clarity of its
organization and prose make it accessible and easy to use for both
students and teachers. In the end, Henry Bischoff's Immigration
Issues demonstrates both that immigration, as historian Oscat
Handlin put it, is the story of the American people and that it has
been and remains a contested story."-The History Teacher
?A clearly written, informative work on the contentious topics that
have shaped the American experience. Four major sections address
U.S. immigration policy, national identity, public order, and human
rights. Each one is divided into chapters that examine such
questions as "Are Undocumented Immigrants Helpful or Harmful to the
Untied States?" Chapters offer and introductory essay followed by a
chronologically arranged appendix of historical and contemporary
primary-source documents excerpted from newspaper editorials,
presidential addresses, books, and scholarly journals. Though many
of these documents may, at first glance, seem dated, students will
quickly realize that they are amazingly current and relevant. It's
eye opening to read Emma Lazarus's poem "New Colossus" before an
editorial from the same era calling for tthe U.S. "to reject
loathsome new immigrants..,."an essential volume for all high
school reference shelves.?-School Library Journal
?For the serious student, this is an outstanding collection of
opinions, government reports, and essays. Recommended.?-The Book
Report
?The book will prove very useful to teachers of the US history
survey as well as more specialized courses in the history of
American immigration and ethnicity....[t]he clarity of its
organization and prose make it accessible and easy to use for both
students and teachers. In the end, Henry Bischoff's Immigration
Issues demonstrates both that immigration, as historian Oscat
Handlin put it, is the story of the American people and that it has
been and remains a contested story.?-The History Teacher
"This volume discusses important questions... Recommended for high
school and public library collections."-Gale Reference for Students
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