Lincoln and the Immigrant

by Jason H. Silverman

Book Overview

Between 1840 and 1860, America received more than four and a half million people from foreign countries as permanent residents, including a huge influx of newcomers from northern and western Europe, hundreds of thousands of Mexicans who became U.S. citizens with the annexation of Texas and the Mexican Cession, and a smaller number of Chinese immigrants. While some Americans sought to make immigration more difficult and to curtail the rights afforded...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809334348
• ISBN13: 9780809334346
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.1"