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    • Author/Creator:Wepman, Dennis.
    • Title:Immigration / Dennis Wepman.
    • ISBN:9780816062409 (alk. paper)
      0816062404 (alk. paper)
    • Published/Created:New York, NY : Facts On File, Inc., c2008.
    • Physical Description:xix, 476 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
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    • Notes:"Originally published as a volume in the Eyewitness history series"--T.p. verso.
    • Format:Book
    • Series:American experience
      American experience (Facts on File, Inc.)
    • BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 439-456) and index.
    • Contents:Colonists and immigrants: 1607-1700 -- The colonies expand: 1701-1775 -- The American revolution and after: 1776-1813 -- Beginnings of mass immigration: 1814-1860 -- The Civil War and after: 1861-1880 -- The "new immigration": 1881-1918 -- The "immigrant problem" and the federal government: 1890-1921 -- The door closes: 1922-1946 -- Some windows open: 1946-1954 -- After Ellis Island: 1955-1999 -- Immigration in the new century: 2000 and beyond -- Appendix A: Documents -- Appendix B: Biographies of major personalities -- Appendix C: Maps -- Appendix D: Graphs and tables -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
    • Subjects:United States--Emigration and immigration--History.