As Peter Kvidera has pointed out Chinese immigrants were “more directly affected by legal restrictions than any other in the history of U.S. immigration.” Collectively, the laws aimed to make life in America so restrictive, so expensive, as to drive the Chinese population in America out of...
'Immigration Processes and Health in the U.S.: A Brief History' published in 'Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health'
Through a brief history of Australian immigration law and policing we highlight both the long-standing criminalisation of migration regulation breaches, and the persistent governmental concerns with the exclusion of undesirable populations, especially of those with criminal records. In the light of these...
During the latter part of the 20th century, the government used anti-racketeering laws to convict high-ranking mobsters and weaken the Mafia. However, it remains in business today. Immigration and Prohibition How Prohibition Created the Mafia During the late 19th century and early 20th century,...
The American economic system is a capitalist market economy, dominated by the service sector, followed by industry and agriculture. As the world's largest economy, the US economy affects the global economic trend. In recent years, the economic performance of the United States has attracted much ...
Immigration has long been a heated topic in the UK's political discourse, no more so perhaps than within the Conservative Party. And while there is much analysis of the pros and cons of people coming in and out of the country, the hard numbers have remained the b...
EnglishThe purpose of my paper is to consider a set of policies concerning flows adjustment and naturalization of immigrants. The starting point of my analysis is the Naturalization Act of 1790, the first immigration law of the US government, which inspired the subsequent ones. I have conducted ...
History of Immigration to AustraliaAustralia is a country of immigrants. Except for the Aboriginals who have been here for over fifty thousand years ago, all other Australians came here within the last 225 years. Since the arrival of the first European migrates on the First Fleet in 1788, ...
History Shorts: The Revolving Doors of Ellis Island Irish Immigrant Wave 1815:Peace is re-established between the United States and Britain after theWar of 1812. Immigration from Western Europe turns from a trickle into a gush, which causes a shift in the demographics of the United States. Thi...
US History: The American past in 100 Books is a thorough list covering nearly all of the American experience.