Presents the issues and events of immigration to America from 1600 through the early twenty-first century, covering the first immigration-regulating laws of the 1790s through the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and discussing how laws have shaped public opinion about national security and illegal immigration.
Covers the whole range of the American experience, from Christopher Columbus to the present day, including tales of heroes and the average people who followed the American Dream.
Presents important primary documents related to American events in the 1920s, as well as firsthand accounts from diaries, letters, speeches, and newspaper articles.
Chronicles events and changes in France from prehistory through the end of the twentieth century, and includes a time line, a bibliographic essay, and an annotated list of notable people.