HIST 122 - Laura Puaca: Books - U.S. & Immigration

"A comprehensive treatment of anti-immigration sentiment exploring debate, policies, ideas, and key groups from historical and contemporary perspectives."

An extensive history examining how North American nations have tried (and often failed) to police their borders, Border Policing presents diverse scholarly perspectives on attempts to regulate people and goods at borders, as well as on the ways that individuals and communities have navigated, contested, and evaded such regulation.

"Provides introductory essays followed by point/counterpoint articles to explore prominent and perennially important debates, providing readers with views on multiple sides of this complex issue."

: The Progressive Argument for Reducing Immigration into the United States

" This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive examination of illegal immigration in America, addressing its complex history, comparing its occurrence today with the past, and explaining why a solution is so difficult to enact."

"provides a one-stop resource for straight answers on the impact--both positive and negative--of immigration trends on the United States."

"Examines 12 key immigration issues from colonial times to the present through eighty-six pro and con primary documents and explanatory commentary."

"Of the many themes that characterize U.S. history, immigration is one of the most constant and most pervasive. Since the first European and African immigrants began arriving in North America during the early seventeenth century, immigrants have steadily poured into what is now the United States."

: What Naturalization Means for Immigrants and the United States