A nation of immigrants
Throughout his presidency, John F. Kennedy was passionate about the issue of immigration reform. He believed that America is a nation of people who value both tradition and the exploration of new frontiers, deserving the freedom to build better lives for themselves in their adopted homeland. This 60...
Main Author: | Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 (Author) |
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Other Authors: | Greenblatt, Jonathan (writer of foreword.) |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper Perennial, Modern Classics,
[2018]
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Edition: | First Updated Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition. |
Series: |
Harper Perennial modern classics.
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1
- A nation of Nations
- 1
- Chapter 2
- Why They Came
- 4
- Chapter 3
- Waves of Immigration-The Pre-Revolutionary Forces
- 10
- Chapter 4
- Waves of Immigration-The Post-Revolutionary Forces
- 17
- Chapter 5
- The Immigrant Contribution
- 64
- Chapter 6
- Immigration Policy
- 69
- Chapter 7
- Where We Stand
- 77
- Appendix
- A The United States of America-A Nation of Immigrants
- 84
- Appendix B
- Chronology of immigration
- 88
- Appendix B-1
- Major immigration policy developments since 1963
- 95
- Appendix D
- Text of President John F. Kennedy's Proposals to Liberalize Immigration Statutes (July 23, 1963)
- 108
- Appendix E
- Selected Comments on President Kennedy's Message
- 114.