Encyclopedia of American immigration

Volume 1

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1: Immigration history

Section 1: Prehistory to 1800

Section 2: 1800 to 1880s

Section 3: 1880s to 1920

Section 4: 1920 to 1965

Section 5: 1965 to the present

Part II: Immigration issues

Section 1: Causes

Section 2: Processes

Volume 2

Section 3: Demographics

Section 4: Immigrant incorporation and acculturation

Section 5: Law and legislation

Section 6: Politics

Section 7: Economics

Section 8: Labor

Section 9: Health, education, and welfare

Section 10: Culture and society

Volume 3

Section 11: Religion

Section 12: Destinations

Section 13: International perspectives

Part III: Immigrant groups in America

Section 1: Africa

Section 2: The Americas

Section 3: Asia, the Pacific, and the Middle East

Volume 4

Section 4: Europe

Part IV: Immigration documents

Section 1: Legal documents

Section 2: Political platforms, debates, and government reports and rulings

Section 3: Nongovernmental documents.