Troubled By Newcomers: Anti-Immigrant Attitudes and Action during Two Eras of Mass Immigration to the United States.

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  • Author(s): Jaret, Charles
  • Source:
    Journal of American Ethnic History. Spring99, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p9. 31p.
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    • Abstract:
      Examines anti-immigrant attitudes and action during the two eras of heaviest immigration in the United States (US), 1880-1924 and 1970-1998. Similarities and differences between anti-immigrant phenomena in both areas; Central fears and threats that many Americans feel when the US undergoes mass immigration; Impact of the 1965 immigration law.