Still the Golden Door: The Third World Comes to America - Hardcover

Reimers, David M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231076800 ISBN 13: 9780231076807

Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr, 1992

Synopsis

This work updates an established American textbook on immigration and ethnic history, demonstrating the post-war shift from European to Third World immigrants. Extensive revisions include a discussion of undocumented immigration and the Simpson-Rodino Bill. All the important events of the last five years, especially the 1990 Immigration Act, are presented. The author examines the changes in refugee status and highlights the new wave of East European and Soviet immigrants to the USA.

About this title

Book Description:

This revised edition includes extensive discussion of undocumented immigrants, the 1990 immigration act, recent changes in refugee status, and the new wave of East European and Soviet immigrants.

About the Author:

David M. Reimers is professor of history at New York University and the author of many books, including Still the Golden Door: The Third World Comes to America, and (with Frederick Binder) All the Nations Under Heaven: An Ethnic and Racial History of New York, both published by Columbia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0231076800
• ISBN 13: 9780231076807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 362