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Title: Historical Background to Current Immigration Issues

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Publication Year: 1998

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Abstract: Immigration has had a long history in the United States. For the most part, however, it was seldom treated dispassionately even when an attempt was made only to ascertain the pertinent facts and their reliability. Books and innumerable articles were written to "prove" that immigration did not contribute to the population growth of this country because immigration depressed the fertility rate of the native population: that immigration, if it continued, would result in race suicide of the Nordic element; that immigration was a threat to "American" institutions, etc. For this reason much of the literature on this subject is almost worthless.

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Authors: Carter, Susan B.; Sutch, Richard

Editors: Smith, James P.; Edmonston, Barry

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Volume Title: The Immigration Debate: Studies on the Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration

Publisher: National Academy Press

Publisher Location: Washington

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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