Other Immigrants: The Global Origins of the American People

Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians represent three of every four immigrants who arrived in the United States after 1970. Yet despite their large numbers and long history of movement to America, non-Europeans are conspicuously absent from many books about immigration.
In Other Immigrants, David M. Reimers offers the first comprehensive account of non-European immigration, chronicling the compelling and diverse stories of frequently overlooked Americans. Reimers traces the early history of Black, Hispanic, and Asian immigrants from the fifteenth century through World War II, when racial hostility led to the virtual exclusion of Asians and aggression towards Blacks and Hispanics. He then tells the story of post-1945 immigration, when these groups dominated the immigration statistics and began to reshape American society.
The capstone to a lifetime of groundbreaking work on immigration, Reimers's thoughtful history recognizes the ambiguity and subjectivity of race, noting that individuals often define themselves more complexly than census forms allow. However classified, record numbers of immigrants are streaming to the United States and creating the most diverse society in the world. Other Immigrants is a timely account of their arrival.

Author: David Reimers
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 01/01/2005
Pages: 389
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.04w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780814775356

Review Citation(s):
Multicultural Review 12/01/2005 pg. 88

About the Author
Reimers, David: - David M. Reimers is emeritus professor of history at New York University. He is the author of Still in the Golden Door: The Third World Comes to America and The Immigrant Experience and co-author, with Leonard Dinnerstein and Roger Nichols, of Natives and Strangers: A Multicultural History of Americas.