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The article discusses 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act and mentions immigration reform advocacy groups. Topics discussed include foreign policy of United States, immigration in the country and national identity. Other topics which includes Cold War, World War II and citizenship and naturalization rights to immigrants in U.S. are also discussed.

In April 1787, the New York State Legislature naturalized Spanish ship captain Pablo Vidal under unusual circumstances. Vidal's naturalization was temporary, retroactive, and requested by a third party, New York City merchant Dominick Lynch. The atypical conditions surrounding Vidal's naturalization reveal the existence of an Atlantic-spanning buyer's market for migrants after the American Revolution. With peace came a growing demand for immigrants, causing individual states to compete against one another to offer the most desirable terms to attract opportunistic newcomers. The stories of Pablo Vidal, Dominick Lynch, and many other migrants to Confederation New York detail how the state recognized its position within this broader Atlantic market, how it sought to capitalize on its strengths, and how it attempted to bind these once transient migrants to New York's future. Amid the stories of this scramble for migrants lie the tensions that led to the diminishment of the buyer's market after Congress centralized naturalization standards in 1790. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An essay is presented on Professor Rudolph J. Vecoli, Director of the Immigration History Research Center (IHCR) at the University of Minnesota. It examines Vecoli's research and writings on immigration, particularly discussing his 1964 article “Contadini in Chicago: A Critique of The Uprooted.” His brotherhood with other scholars and his relationship with historian Oscar Handlin are also explored.

Explores the uncertainty in the definition of immigration history and the professional identities of immigration historians in the United States (US). How historians perceived their vocation and employment; Training of historians; Discussions on immigration laws in the US.

Examines mythical Irish images of America during the era of mass migration in the 18th and 19th centuries. Prevalence of the myth among Irish country people that views America as an earthly paradise; Change in Irish Protestants' attitude toward a population movement dominated by Catholics; Irish rural-dwellers' fantastic illusion of an American paradise.

Scholars have described political nativism during the antebellum era of US history as the product of cultural paranoia, social anxiety, and political expediency. Much less examined are the ways in which economic motives contributed to political nativism. During the late 1840s and early 1850s, Americans in urban areas resented higher expenditures on poorhouses, prisons, mental asylums, police, and other institutions that expanded to serve immigrants. The outbreak of political nativism in the border city of St. Louis provides a representative example of the relationship between immigrants' conditions, the bloody election-day riots of the mid-1850s, and the dramatic rise of the National American Party. Cultural issues and the potential increase in immigrant voting power intensified economic-related resentment among the native-born population and resulted in the large-scale outbreak of political nativism in 1854. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers a roundtable discussion on U.S. government's control of immigration and political opposition to these policies among historians and activists, including historians Julie Greene and Madeline Hsu and activist attorney Luis Mancheno. Topics, including undocumented immigrants, the history of U.S. immigration law and policy from 1790 through 2018 and the alleged white supremacist motivation behind U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy, are discussed.

The article discusses the development of college course syllabi on the history of immigration to the U.S., including the Twitter movement supporting this titled #ImmigrationSyllabus. The course's social context of the U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy, including his deportation of immigrants, is discussed.

The article evaluates the U.S. immigration history musuem the New Americans Museum in San Diego, California.

The article discusses Chinese railroad laborers in Alabama from 1870 through 1920, including the role they played in constructing an American empire. An overview of the hiring of Chinese to address labor shortages in the U.S. Southern States, including the impact that the emancipation of slaves and free African Americans' migration to Northern cities had on labor shortages, is provided.

The article discusses the American feminist historian Donna R. Gabaccia's scholarship on global history and immigration to the U.S., and her mentorship as a feminist. An overview of Gabaccia's work on the history of Italian immigrants to the U.S. from the late 19th century through the 20th century, including Italians' transnational relations, is provided.

The article discusses the American historian Donna R. Gabaccia's scholarship on the history of mobility, immigration to the U.S. from a global perspective and transnationalism. An overview of Gabaccia's work on the history of Italian immigrants to the U.S. is provided. The interdisciplinary approach of Gabaccia to migrant history writing is discussed.

The article discusses the history of race and immigration in the U.S. and Latin America, and it provides an examination of the essay "Race, Nation and Culture in Recent Immigration Studies" by George J. Sánchez which appears in a 1999 issue of the periodical. The experiences of migrants in America are addressed, along with a Chinese dispora involving Latin America, the Caribbean, and the U.S.. African migrants in America are assessed, along with transnational and comparative race formation.

An essay is presented which addresses various issues including military imperialism, race, martial citizenship, and minority American transnationalism during the Cold War period. Changes involving U.S. immigration and ethnic history are examined, along with issues involving European and non-European immigrants in America. The use of minority military service as a form of migration is assessed, along with the history of the U.S. Air Force and civil rights during the Cold War era.

An essay is presented which traces the historiography of a racial turn concept in America which involves a change from the study of European immigrants toward the study of Asian and Latin American immigrants, and it mentions a 1999 issue of the journal which deals with ethnic and immigration history in the U.S. The historical aspects of Mexican, Irish, Chinese, and Italian immigrants in America are examined, along with ethnic inclusion and racial exclusion issues in the country's history.

The article presents discussion of the immigration policies and ideologies of the United States before 1965, focusing on the experiences of Asian groups such as those from India. Topics addressed include an overview of the political career of Indian American Representative Dalip Singh Saund, challenges to the standard periodization of U.S. immigration history in the 20th century, and the concept of conditional inclusion in U.S. policy.

This article explores an analogical relationship between Mexican pilgrimage and migration to the United States. Toward this end, the article acknowledges pilgrimage scholarship that treats one of two, presumably mutually, exclusive objectives: (1) The formation of a social body, unstructured and free, and (2) fulfillment of individual motivations and institutional agendas. Pilgrims involved in migration undertake both objectives to reconcile differences and achieve an understanding of the sacred. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on four case studies of Filipino immigrants in Chicago, Illinois, and how they dealt with issues of transnationalism between the Philippines and the U.S. The author explores the experiences of Filipino college students defending Philippine independence, analyzes interracial families and their roles within transnationalism, and discusses Filipino families who chose to stay in America.

The article discusses the efforts of Italian American organizations to advocate for the liberalization of American immigration policy, particularly toward Italians, during the Cold War. It comments on the 1948 Letters to Italy campaign, in which Italian Americans wrote to their families and friends in Italy to encourage them to vote for Italy's Christian Democratic Party. Other topics include Italian-American anti-communism and the work of the organizations the American Committee on Italian Migration (ACIM), the U.S. National Catholic Welfare Conference (NCWC), and the Italian Welfare League (IWL). The 1953 U.S. Refugee Relief Act (RRA) is also considered.

An essay is presented on the role of American and Japanese steamship companies in transporting Japanese immigrants to North America. It notes that many immigrants traveled via Hawai'i and entered North America through British Columbia before crossing into Washington state. The author comments on conflicts between the interests of steamship companies, such as Dodwell & Company, and the immigration and emigration regulations of the U.S., Canadian, and Japanese governments.

The article discusses Mexican immigrants in the United States during the early twentieth century and focuses on the views of the U.S. Immigration Commission, also known as the Dillingham Commission. It notes that U.S. officials were more focused on European and Asian immigrants, particularly Italians and Japanese, during this period. The author explores Mexicans' exemptions from certain immigration restrictions, including quotas and literacy tests. U.S. policies and racial attitudes are explored within a colonial framework. The article also discusses several U.S. politicians on the Dillingham Commission, including senators William Paul Dillingham and Henry Cabot Lodge as well as Representative John Burnett.

The article suggests some issues that should be covered in studying the history of Irish Americans. It argues that historians of Irish America have been much slower to focus on the local than the global, on the links between townlands, villages, parishes, and counties in Ireland with city neighborhoods, villages or rural towns in the U.S. It proposes that scholars should pay attention to local Irish origins or the immigration chains they use to move from towns and villages in the homeland to communities in the U.S.

The article reflects on the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the "Journal of American Ethnic History" and its contribution to U.S. immigration and ethnic history. It asserts that immigration is accompanied not only by acculturative processes on the part of the immigrants but also by state policies that seek to control migration. It suggests that the dynamics of immigration and incorporation processes must be understood in the complex contexts of global historical change.

The article offers ideas about what might best serve the "Journal of American Ethnic History" and its readers in the next quarter-century of its publication as it marks its 25th anniversary in 2006. It calls to revive a commitment to conduct studies on immigrants' languages. It encourages to engage in more extensive and intensive research on migration to gain a better understanding of immigrants. It suggests to become more aware of the fluidity, dynamism and complexity of the immigrant and ethnic worlds that existed in the U.S.

The article presents an introduction to a series of essays on U.S. immigration and ethnic history. They include topics about transnationalism, the shift from nation-state approaches to the study of people's transcultural lives, trends in Asian American history, the early 20th century immigration and ethnic history's engagement with African Americans, revisionism, future directions for comparative studies in immigration and ethnic history, ethnoracial history and the 25th anniversary of the "Journal of American Ethnic History."

The article traces the development of the "Journal of American Ethnic History" as it completes its 25th year of publication in 2006. Prior to the publication of the first issue in 1981, there had been discussions among the members of the Immigration History Society (IHS) about the need for such a journal and its fiscal viability. The issue of whether journal subscriptions should be optional to IHS members created some controversy. The journal has been used to encourage research in areas related to ethnicity and immigration.

Swedish immigration comprised a significant portion of the massive movement of Northern Europeans to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Economic opportunity was greater in Chicago, Illinois, than in rural areas and furthermore, earlier Swedish arrivals had established significant social networks which helped ease adjustment to a new and strange culture. In 1893, a real estate company called the Swedish University Association purchased land in an area it referred to as the North Park Addition to Chicago. In addition, each summer until 1917, North Park Church held a Swedish school to train the children of the congregation in the Swedish language.

Examines naturalization and citizenship laws and practices in the U.S. in two periods of mass migration, from 1894 to 1930 and from 1965 to 2000. Expansion of the social and political rights of U.S. citizens; Expansion of federal control over the awarding of naturalization; Relationship between the U.S. government role and immigrant communities regarding naturalization; Immigration policies in the 1980s and 1990s.

Comments on the assessments made by several sociologists and immigration historians on the trend in immigration history in the United States (US). Significance of the examination of immigration law in the US; Overview of laws and government policies on immigration around the world; Relationship between states and the US federal government over policies affecting immigrants.

Comments on the articles by sociologists and immigration historians Jon Gjerde, Erika Lee and George Sanchez on the trends in immigration history in the United States (US). Implications of inaccessibility over records of immigration and naturalization in the US; Contention on the actual patterns and pace of group integration into the US society.

Presents several views on the trend in the study of the social history of immigration in the United States elaborated in the 1998 American Historical Association Meeting in Seattle, Washington. Approaches in the study of the challenges faced by immigration history in the US; Importance of cultural anthropology in defining the field of immigration history; Discussion on ethnicity.

Examines the importance of immigration law to the study of immigration to the United States (US) especially during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Definition of immigration law in the US; Development of US Immigration Law, 1875-1998; Directions of the scholarship on immigrants and immigration law in the US.

Argues that the future of immigration history depends on the field's ability to incorporate the insights on race, nation, and culture that have primarily developed outside the field of immigration history in the United States. Social conditions of Asian immigrants; History of the law on immigration and naturalization in the US; Ethnic relation and race discrimination in the US.

Assesses the state of the field of social history of immigration and ethnicity in the United States (US). Use of metaphors in the history of immigration and ethnicity in the US; Significance of the scholarship in the social history of immigration and ethnicity in the US; Socialization of a migrant.

Provides information on a study which assessed the effects of immigrant diversity and ethnic competition on collective conflict in the United States (US). History of immigration and conflict in the US; Previous research on ethnic conflict; Ethnic competition and the period of racial consolidation.

Compares the descendants of contemporary, Third World immigrants to the United States and those of the turn-f-the-Century white immigrants in their adaptation patterns. Origin of immigrants between 1880 and 1930; Patterns of socioeconomic mobility for the descendants of contemporary immigrants in comparison to the descendants of the earlier white immigrant groups; Factors that caused the immigration flow to drop beginning in 1930 and accelerate after 1965.

Discusses the mass migration period in United States history which was between 1880 and 1930. Why the period is interesting to researchers; What led to a drastic reduction of the immigration flow beginning in 1930; Where the vast majority of post-1965 immigrants originated from; Nature of the studies pertaining to the classical mass migration period.

Focuses on the pressure experienced by Lithuanian immigrants in the United States to demonstrate loyalty to their new homeland by adopting certain mainstream American customs and causes. Difficulty in establishing a distinct Lithuanian community; Role of media in image building; Problem with nativism and anti-immigration legislation.

Argues that the use of a transnational framework is crucial to understanding the construction of Italian-American immigrant culture and identity. Evolution of ideas between the United States and Italy; Impact of the transnational connection on how the immigrants balanced the imperatives of class and ethnic identity in their lives; History of the Italian-American Left.

Comments on the article `The Treatment of Women in Immigration History: A Call for Change,' by Sydney Stahl Weinberg. Failure of historians of immigration and ethnicity in the United States to respond to the challenge of women's history; Changes in immigration and ethnic history.

Comments on the article `The Treatment of Women in Immigration History: A Call for Change,' by Sydney Stahl Weinberg. Integration of women into general histories of immigration and ethnic group life in the United States; Conceptualization of the study of immigrant and ethnic women; Quality of research on immigrant women.

Comments on the article `The Treatment of Women in Immigration History: A Call for Change,' by Sydney Stahl Weinberg. Neglect of women in surveys of immigration history; Integration of the growing wealth of information about women into immigration histories.

Examines how changes in immigration history have affected the treatment of women in books about ethnic groups that settled in the United States by the mid-1920s. Omission in immigration history of women's roles in the transition to life in the United States; Reasons for the omission of women's roles in history.

Discusses Americans' interest in return migration and hostility towards return migrants. Claims that migrants who flocked to the United States to accumulate money depleted economy's resources; Effect of amount of money taken by return migrants on international movement of money; Unfairness of competition to American workingmen.

Explores the reasons research on immigrant women in the United States leaves so few scholarly traces in the fields most concerned with them. Impact of conflicting questions and methods on scholarship; Women and immigration history; Race, nationality, religion, and ethnicity; Immigrant families and feminist theory; Structures and subjectivity.

Explores the interplay between ethnic protest and immigration politics that resulted in the unprecedented realignment of Mexican-American and Chicano opinion on the Mexican immigration controversy in the 1960s and 1970s. Negative Mexican-American response to President Jimmy Carter's immigration reform legislation; Factors that influenced Mexican-American attitudes.