Best of the Web -- Immigration
America's ethnic diversity is a product of large-scale voluntary and involuntary immigration, much of which took place before 1920.
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Immigration to the U.S. (Harvard Univ)Covers 1789-1930. Offers a web-based collection of selected historical materials from Harvard's libraries, archives, and museums that documents voluntary immigration to the US from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression.
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Forced MigrationStrong resource written by the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), UK
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Forgotten Ellis IslandDocuments immigration activity on Ellis Island, NY,1880 - 1924. The Ellis Island Hospital was of intense interest and became the subject of a National Science Foundation study in 2007. Functions of Ellis Island were discontinued after 1954.
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Google Search your countryEnter: your country’s [name] history timeline for best results, to discover /explain what was happening in your country and why people would want to emigrate (leave).
Books & Encyclopedias
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Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America by ISBN: 0787639869 -
Countries and Their Cultures by ISBN: 0028649508This book is in alphabetic order by country – they have background on history, demography and political life. This book would explain why someone would emigrate -
Encyclopedia of World Cultures by ISBN: 0816118086Grab the continent volume you need and look for your culture. Each entry has a section for History and Cultural Relations and Sociopolitical Organization. These sections can explain why someone chooses to immigrate.
Immigration info- additional sources
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ERICEducation research and practice.
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EBSCOhost
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