The Making of Modern Immigration: An Encyclopedia of People and Ideas [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of People and Ideas

by Patrick J. Hayes (Editor)

Overview

Combining the insight of two-dozen expert contributors to examine key figures, events, and policies over 200 years of U.S. immigration history, this work illuminates the foundations of the ethnic and socioeconomic makeup of our nation.

• 45 entries covering such issues as the Alien and Sedition Acts, asylees, immigration and customs enforcement, immigration and religion, and U.S.–Mexico border relations

• Contributions from an international collaborative of 24 scholars from the social and human sciences

• Photographs

• A timeline

• Entry-specific bibliographies and a lengthy general bibliography

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313392030
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/13/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	828
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Patrick J. Hayes, PhD, is archivist for the Baltimore Province of the Redemptorists based in Brooklyn, NY. He was formerly visiting scholar in theology at the University of Makeni, Sierra Leone.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 9 Up—Hayes and contributors succeed in the goal outlined in the introduction: to make the "past intelligible and interesting to those who are searching for fresh insight and accurate information on the assembled subjects." The 45 lengthy entries, which are expansive in scope, solid in scholarship, and compelling in argument, demonstrate that since the beginning of our nation's history, many giants of the American intellectual and social milieu have stood on both sides of the debate. The individually signed pieces tackle movements ("Sanctuary Movement"), laws ("The Yellow Peril: The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) to the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924"), and controversial issues ("Immigration and Customs Enforcement"). Notable figures are given extensive coverage, too; a piece on Denis Kearney, for example, that details the Irishman's racist and nativist activities, follows one covering Thomas Jefferson (readers are informed that the man "flinched at the prospect of immigrants bringing in strange languages and stranger political principles"). Each essay is accompanied by copious source notes and an expansive bibliography. Excellent.—Brian Odom, Pelham Public Library, AL

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