A Companion to American Immigration

<p>Notes on Contributors vii</p>
<p>Introduction 1<br /> Reed Ueda</p>
<p>Part I Policy and Politics</p>
<p>1 A Nation of Immigrants and a Gatekeeping Nation: American Immigration Law and Policy 5<br /> Erika Lee</p>
<p>2 Naturalization and Nationality 36<br /> Irene Bloemraad and Reed Ueda</p>
<p>3 Immigration and Ethnic Politics 58<br /> James J. Connolly</p>
<p>4 Immigrant Transnationals and US Foreign Relations 77<br /> Xiao–huang Yin and Peter H. Koehn</p>
<p>5 Bodies from Abroad: Immigration, Health, and Disease 106<br /> Alan M. Kraut</p>
<p>6 The Politics of Immigration and the Rise of the Migration State: Comparative and Historical Perspectives 132<br /> James F. Hollifield</p>
<p>Part II Ethnicity , Race , and Nation</p>
<p>7 Ethnic and Racial Identity 161<br /> Marilyn Halter</p>
<p>8 Nativism and Prejudice Against Immigrants 177<br /> Tyler Anbinder</p>
<p>9 Assimilation and American National Identity 202<br /> Michael R. Olneck</p>
<p>10 Internationalization and Transnationalization 225<br /> David Gerber</p>
<p>11 Immigration and Race Relations 255<br /> Jeffrey Melnick</p>
<p>Part III Population and Society</p>
<p>12 Demography and American Immigration 277<br /> Michael S. Teitelbaum</p>
<p>13 Gender and Immigration 289<br /> Suzanne M. Sinke</p>
<p>14 Immigrant Residential and Mobility Patterns 309<br /> Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller</p>
<p>15 Characteristics of Immigrants to the United States: 1820 2003 328<br /> Guillermina Jasso and Mark R. Rosenzweig</p>
<p>16 Marriage Patterns in Historical Perspective: Gender and Ethnicity 359<br /> Robert McCaa, Albert Esteve, and Clara Cortina</p>
<p>Part IV Economy and Society</p>
<p>17 Immigrant Social Mobility and the Historian 373<br /> Kenneth A. Scherzer</p>
<p>18 Labor and Immigration History: First Principles 394<br /> Leon Fink</p>
<p>19 Immigration in the Economy: Development and Enterprise 409<br /> Nian–Sheng Huang</p>
<p>20 Immigrants in the American Housing Market 424<br /> Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller</p>
<p>Part V Culture and Community</p>
<p>21 Immigration and American Diversity: Food for Thought 443<br /> Donna R. Gabaccia</p>
<p>22 Immigration and Language 471<br /> Nancy C. Carnevale</p>
<p>23 Immigration and Education in the United States 492<br /> Paula S. Fass</p>
<p>24 Religion and Ethnicity 513<br /> John McClymer</p>
<p>25 Mutual Aid Societies and Fraternal Orders 528<br /> Daniel Soyer</p>
<p>Index 547</p>