TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fleegler,Robert L.
TI  - Ellis Island Nation: Immigration Policy and American Identity in the Twentieth Century
T2  - Haney Foundation Series
SN  - 9780812208092
AV  - JV6455 .F59 2013 
U1  - 325.73 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - Immigrants--United States--History--20th century
KW  - Acculturation--United States--History--20th century
KW  - Multiculturalism--United States--History--20th century
KW  - United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century
KW  - United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Beginning of the Era of Restriction -- Chapter 2 Contributionism in the Prewar Period -- Chapter 3 The Quest for Tolerance and Unity -- Chapter 4 How Much Did the War Change America? -- Chapter 5 The Reemergence of Contributionism -- Chapter 6 The Cold War and Religious Unity -- Chapter 7 The Triumph of Contributionism -- Epilogue: ''How great to be an American and something else as well'' -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
N2  - Examining the shift between American immigrant policy between 1924 and 1964, Ellis Island Nation traces the emergence of "contributionism," the belief that the newcomers from eastern and southern Europe contributed important cultural and economic benefits to American society
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