商品簡介
An in-depth look at the motivating factors behind immigration to America from 1607 to 1914, including what attracted people to America, who was trying to attract them, and why.
• Features a synthesis of 35 state promotional policies regarding immigration• Challenges the commonly held view that the 19th century was a period of "laissez faire" immigration policy• Examines the question of why immigrants migrate to certain areas• Highlights the corporate, for-profit nature of English colonization in the 17th century• Includes private corporate, religious, and philanthropic promotional activities• Analyzes why policymakers favored certain immigrant groups over others
作者簡介
Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson, PhD, is a public historian and museum curator in England. She received her master's degree from the University of Virginia Law School and her doctorate in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
