Daniels, Roger

Presents part one of a two-part biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, this volume from his birth up to 1939, highlighting specifically how he changed the way the modern presidency operated in his leadership in the Great Depression, enacting the New Deal, and in the lead up to World War II.

Describes and analyzes the decision to remove Japanese-Americans from the West Coast, their confinement in ten concentration camps euphemistically styled "relocation centers, " and the various ways in which the Japanese-American people reacted to their unjust treatment during and after World War II.

Contains over three hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of immigration history and policy, covering ethnic groups, legislation, terms and concepts, categories of immigrants, immigration stations, and religious groups and churches. Includes cross-references, illustrations, and references.

An overview of immigration from 1500 to the present.