Race and Immigration in the United States: New Histories

Race and Immigration in the United States is a collection of the very best of the new generation of scholarship in the field of immigration history. The traditional Ellis Island model of immigrant assimilation is no longer adequate to understand American history. A more subtle model is needed--one which does not exclude peoples of color from view, nor treat the experiences of European immigrants as a template for the experiences of non-White migrants. In this important collection, Paul Spickard draws together essays that illuminate the crucial differences that race makes in the study of American history.

Bringing the insight of ethnic studies scholarship into the history of immigration, Race and Immigration in the United States is an essential collection for anyone studying ethnicity and immigration in American history.

Author: Paul Spickard
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07/11/2011
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780415991384

About the Author

Paul Spickard is Professor of twentieth Century American Social and Cultural History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Almost All Aliens: Immigration, Race, and Colonialism in American History and Identity (Routledge).