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Ethnic Americans: A History of Immigration

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Dinnerstein and Reimers presents a comprehensive overview of immigrants in the United States from 1607 until the present. Ethnic Americans covers the triumph and struggle of European, Latin America, Asian immigrants as they seek social, economic and political freedom in the United States. Examines the assimilation of immigrants despite facing racism and prejudice in the new world. This book is truly a historical, scholarly work but a readable book for everyone interested in the history of immigrants in the United States.

Dinnerstein and Reimers provide an easy to read summyar of American immigration from the conolain immigration to the present. It covers important immigration from Europe, Asia and Mexico such as public reaction, adjusment problems and immigration laws.

It provides a great deal information about collective ethnic groups and their positions on domestic and international issues.

I read this book last week for a history class. Supposedly it's THE undergraduate text in immigration history, but I don't really know why. While I admit that it covers an amazing amount of history and information, it lacks organization which makes it very boring and difficult to follow at points. While it's still worth reading for its content, there must be something better out there.