Companion to American Immigration

Reed Ueda is Professor of History at Tufts University. He is the author of Postwar Immigrant America: A Social History (1994).

• Notes on Contributors viiIntroduction 1Reed UedaPart I Policy and Politics1 A Nation of Immigrants and a Gatekeeping Nation: American Immigration Law and Policy 5Erika Lee2 Naturalization and Nationality 36Irene Bloemraad and Reed Ueda3 Immigration and Ethnic Politics 58James J. Connolly4 Immigrant Transnationals and US Foreign Relations 77Xiao-huang Yin and Peter H. Koehn5 Bodies from Abroad: Immigration, Health, and Disease 106Alan M. Kraut6 The Politics of Immigration and the Rise of the Migration State: Comparative and Historical Perspectives 132James F. HollifieldPart II Ethnicity , Race , and Nation7 Ethnic and Racial Identity 161Marilyn Halter8 Nativism and Prejudice Against Immigrants 177Tyler Anbinder9 Assimilation and American National Identity 202Michael R. Olneck10 Internationalization and Transnationalization 225David Gerber11 Immigration and Race Relations 255Jeffrey MelnickPart III Population and Society12 Demography and American Immigration 277Michael S. Teitelbaum13 Gender and Immigration 289Suzanne M. Sinke14 Immigrant Residential and Mobility Patterns 309Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller15 Characteristics of Immigrants to the United States: 1820–2003 328Guillermina Jasso and Mark R. Rosenzweig16 Marriage Patterns in Historical Perspective: Gender and Ethnicity 359Robert McCaa, Albert Esteve, and Clara CortinaPart IV Economy and Society17 Immigrant Social Mobility and the Historian 373Kenneth A. Scherzer18 Labor and Immigration History: First Principles 394Leon Fink19 Immigration in the Economy: Development and Enterprise 409Nian-Sheng Huang20 Immigrants in the American Housing Market 424Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. MillerPart V Culture and Community21 Immigration and American Diversity: Food for Thought 443Donna R. Gabaccia22 Immigration and Language 471Nancy C. Carnevale23 Immigration and Education in the United States 492Paula S. Fass24 Religion and Ethnicity 513John McClymer25 Mutual Aid Societies and Fraternal Orders 528Daniel SoyerIndex 547