LEADER 04902nam 2200817Ia 450 001 9910463509103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8122-2338-1 010 $a0-8122-0809-9 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812208092 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060355 035 $a(OCoLC)859160688 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748484 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000949465 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11597099 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000949465 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10997892 035 $a(PQKB)10013954 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442095 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24647 035 $a(DE-B1597)449675 035 $a(OCoLC)1023976502 035 $a(OCoLC)1037980858 035 $a(OCoLC)1041912285 035 $a(OCoLC)1046618761 035 $a(OCoLC)1047002980 035 $a(OCoLC)1049629222 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880151 035 $a(OCoLC)979623332 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812208092 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442095 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748484 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682449 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060355 100 $a20120802d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEllis Island nation$b[electronic resource] $eimmigration policy and American identity in the twentieth century /$fRobert L. Fleegler 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 225 0 $aHaney Foundation Series 225 0$aHaney Foundation series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-51167-5 311 $a0-8122-4509-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-253) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. The Beginning of the Era of Restriction --$tChapter 2. Contributionism in the Prewar Period --$tChapter 3. The Quest for Tolerance and Unity --$tChapter 4. How Much Did the War Change America? --$tChapter 5. The Reemergence of Contributionism --$tChapter 6. The Cold War and Religious Unity --$tChapter 7. The Triumph of Contributionism --$tEpilogue: ''How great to be an American and something else as well'' --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aThough debates over immigration have waxed and waned in the course of American history, the importance of immigrants to the nation's identity is imparted in civics classes, political discourse, and television and film. We are told that the United States is a "nation of immigrants," built by people who came from many lands to make an even better nation. But this belief was relatively new in the twentieth century, a period that saw the establishment of immigrant "as that endured until the Immigrant and Nationality Act of 1965. What changed over the course of the century, according to historian Robert L. Fleegler, is the rise of "contributionism," the belief that the newcomers from eastern and southern Europe contributed important cultural and economic benefits to American society. Early twentieth-century immigrants from southern and eastern Europe often found themselves criticized for language and customs at odds with their new culture, but initially found greater acceptance through an emphasis on their similarities to "native stock" Americans. Drawing on sources as diverse as World War II films, records of Senate subcommittee hearings, and anti-Communist propaganda, Ellis Island Nation describes how contributionism eventually shifted the focus of the immigration debate from assimilation to a Cold War celebration of ethnic diversity and its benefits-helping to ease the passage of 1960's immigration laws that expanded the pool of legal immigrants and setting the stage for the identity politics of the 1970's and 1980's. Ellis Island Nation provides a historical perspective on recent discussions of multiculturalism and the exclusion of groups that have arrived since the liberalization of immigrant laws. 410 0$aHaney Foundation series. 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAcculturation$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMulticulturalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xGovernment policy$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImmigrants$xHistory 615 0$aAcculturation$xHistory 615 0$aMulticulturalism$xHistory 676 $a325.73 700 $aFleegler$b Robert L$01030565 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463509103321 996 $aEllis Island nation$92447507 997 $aUNINA