Coming to America: a history of immigration and ethnicity in American life

Pt. I. Colonial America. Overseas migration from Europe ; English immigrants in America: Virginia, Maryland, and New England ; Slavery and immigrants from Africa ; Other Europeans in Colonial America ; Ethnicity and race in American life.

Pt. II. The century of immigration (1820-1924) Pioneers of the century of immigration: Irish, Germans, and Scandinavians ; From the Mediterranean: Italians, Greeks, Arabs, and Armenians ; Eastern Europeans: Poles, Jews, and Hungarians ; Minorities from other regions: Chinese, Japanese, and French Canadians ; The triumph of nativism.

Pt. III. Modern times. Migration in prosperity, depression, and war, 1921-1945 ; From the New World: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans ; Changing the rules: immigration law, 1948-1980 ; The new Asian immigrants ; Caribbeans, Central Americans, and Soviet Jews ; The 1980s and beyond ; Immigration and the age of globalization.

Part I. Colonial America. Overseas migration from Europe; English immigrants in America : Virginia, Maryland, and New England; Slavery and immigrants from Africa; Other Europeans in Colonial America; Ethnicity and race in American life

Part II. The century of immigration (1820-1924). Pioneers of the century of immigration : Irish, Germans, and Scandinavians; From the Mediterranean : Italians, Greeks, Arabs, and Armenians; Eastern Europeans : Poles, Jews, and Hungarians; Minorities from other regions : Chinese, Japanese, and French Canadians; The triumph of nativism

Part III. Modern times. Migration in prosperity, depression, and war, 1921-1945; From the new world : Mexicans and Puerto Ricans; Changing the rules : immigration law, 1948-1980; The new Asian immigrants; Caribbeans, Central Americans, and Soviet Jews; The 1980s and beyond.