Praise for the previous edition:
"Editors' Choice Reference Source, 2005"—Booklist
"...the Canada-related content really adds value, supporting a more global perspective and making the volume equally useful in high-school, public, and academic libraries in Canada and the U.S.—a statement that can be made about few reference books."—Booklist, starred review
"This valuable reference work on a hot topic belongs in all types of libraries...and in private collections as a reference source for documentation on individuals' ancestry. Recommended."—Choice
"...a good starting point for student researchers...[a] useful, compact, affordable volume on an important topic."—Reference Reviews
"...an informative and comprehensive resource...a valuable addition to any library collection serving students, researchers, or interested general readers...provides a wealth of information."—American Reference Books Annual
The transformation of the culture of the North American continent since the 15th century is one of the great historical events of the past 500 years. For good or bad, it has shaped the destinies of millions of people of all races, transformed the nature of international politics, and altered the concept of personal possibilities in every country. The magnitude and diversity of the migration to North America has made analysis of the process as a whole quite difficult, mainly because the peopling of North America was not a single movement but hundreds of separate movements, each with its own story, foundations, rationale, and outcome.
Encyclopedia of North American Immigration, Revised Edition is a comprehensive encyclopedia consisting of hundreds of A-to-Z entries on events, themes, people, places, and legislation related to immigration. This valuable reference to a popular and ever-changing topic provides straightforward and concise information on the groups, policies, and events that defined the world's greatest migration of peoples and shaped their reception in North America. Each of the articles includes an extensive, up-to-date bibliography that will provide every reader with the necessary resources for further research.
New and revised entries include:
- National security and immigration
- Immigration and Arizona
- Deferred Action Initiatives
- Terrorism and immigration
- Syrian immigration
- Mexican immigration
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Immigration and California
- Chinese immigration
- Racial and ethnic categories.