Immigration as a factor in American history

HANDLIN/IMMIGRATION

Between the hill of Napoleon in 1914 outbreak of World War 2,30 million Europeans and Origied Amoriend shores The three masive waves of ime in the 19th century established the diversity and modly which charactérise Amérléan tide this day.

In Immigran Pactor in Americas History, Osen Handin.

Pulitzer Frist winning historian, has interwoves personal aconte

news and Ringhalse stories, and historical interpretations to illustrate the immigrants manifold contributions to American civilization. Fro fessor Handlin's introduction and his interpretive prefices comprise a lucid commentary on the character of the immigrant, his problema of adjustment, and his indispensable role in the industry, agriculture. politics, and cultural life of Ameries Finally, by allowing the groups which clamored for restriction to speak for themselves, Dr. Handlin vividly recalls the fears and binnes
which in 1917 fopped a century of unlimited immigration to a close.