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Immigration Resources |
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Broad Sources
Regarding Immigration and Migration |
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H102 Lecture 08: Foreign Immigrants in
Industrial America
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Immigration Patterns In History |
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Immigrants in the Progressive Era
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Immigration to the United States
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General Immigration Information
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Immigration
History
Series of
articles about the history of immigration to
the U.S.
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Immigration:
National Center for Policy Analysis
A "think
tank" that offers data about the effects of
immigration on the U.S. They offer
statistics and studies on the topic, as well
as further references to additional
information.
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Compass: The
Immigrant Experience
Very
thorough collection of information links
that reflect and document the experiences of
immigrants to America, with a "special
emphasis on passenger lists, ships, ship
images and descriptions, emigrant and ethnic
databases, and related resources". A nice
place to start your research.
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Bureau of
Population, Refugees, and Migration
The Bureau
of Population, Refugees, and Migration
advises the Secretary on the formulation of
U.S. policies on population, refugees, and
migration and administers U.S. refugee
assistance and refugee admissions programs.
Resources include: Issues In the News, Key
Policy Documents, Press Statements; Remarks,
Testimony, and Briefings; Fact Sheets and
Other Information.
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Historical
Census Statistics on the Foreign-born
Population of the United States: 1850-1990
"This
working paper presents the results of
research undertaken by Census Bureau staff
on historical data from the decennial census
of population."
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Search Online Newspapers for
Immigration-Related Articles
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Search the
Online News Hour
Transcripts
from a highly respected public television
news program. Search on the following:
"Chinese NEAR/3 immigration" or "Chinese
NEAR/3 immigrants" and many stories will be
returned for you to read.
Chinese
Immigration Resources.
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Museum of the
City of San Francisco
Lots of
articles and information about immigration.
Has a large section of links to Chinese
Immigration. Includes some pictures and
illustrations. Lists oldest years covered
first (1849-1995).
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Other Immigration Information and Resources
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The First
Chinese in Hawaii
Newspaper
article about the first Chinese to immigrate
to Hawaii.
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European
Migration
Mostly about
people of Sweden, but has excellent links to
another groups' emigration to America. The
history of Swedish emigration to America
goes further back in time than that of the
United States. Swedes started to come in
1638, just eighteen years after the landing
of the "Mayflower."
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The Great
Irish Famine
Here is
another site with a huge collection of
images , cartoons and documents relating to
the famine. Created in support of a study
unit on the topic, by the Irish Famine
Curriculum written by Jim Mullin at the
Nebraska Department of Education.
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The Potato
Famine and Trade History
How the loss
of the Irish potato crop of 1845 caused
large numbers of Irish people to migrate to
America.
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Topicos del
Servicio de Inmigracion
En espanol,
information about immigration processes.
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American
Immigration Resources on the Internet
Links to
resources related to immigration to America.
Mostly focuses on current issues.
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