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Title: Immigration to the United States
Citation Type: Book, Section
Publication Year: 2015
ISBN: 978-0-691-15734-4
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Abstract: For good reason, it is often said the United States is a nation of immigrants. Almost every person in the United States is descended from someone who arrived from another country. This article discusses immigration to the United States from colonial times to the present. The focus is on individuals who paid their own way, rather than slaves and indentured servants. Various issues concerning immigration are discussed: (1) the basic data sources available, (2) the variation in the volume over time, (3) the reasons immigration occurred, (4) nativism and U.S. immigration policy, (5) the characteristics of the immigrant stream, (6) the effects on the United States economy, and (7) the experience of immigrants in the U.S. labor market.
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Authors: Cohn, Raymond L.
Editors: Greif, Avner; Kiesling, Lynne; Nye, John V. C.
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Volume Title: Institutions, Innovation, and Industrialization: Essays in Economic History and Development
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publisher Location: Princeton, NJ
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Topics: Migration and Immigration
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