Nineteenth century democracy needs no more complete vindication for its existence than the
fact that it has kept for the white race the best portions of the new world's surface, temperate …

Political awareness of the tensions in US-Mexico relations is rising in the twenty-first century;
the American history of its treatment of illegal immigrants represents a massive failure of the …

Line in the Sand details the dramatic transformation of the western US-Mexico border from
its creation at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 to the emergence of the modern …

Since the arrival of the Puritans, various religious groups, including Quakers, Jews,
Catholics, and Protestant sects, have migrated to the United States. The role of religion in …

When restrictive immigration laws were introduced in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth
centuries, they involved new requirements for photographing and documenting immigrants …

The Athletic Crusade is the first book to systematically analyze the role of sports in the
expansion of US empire from the 1890s through World War II. Gerald R. Gems details how …

Brokering Belonging traces several generations of Chinese" brokers," ethnic leaders who
acted as intermediaries between the Chinese and Anglo worlds of Canada. Before World …

With the railroad's arrival in the late nineteenth century, immigrants of all colors rushed to the
US-Mexico borderlands, transforming the region into a booming international hub of …

Forging Ties, Forging Passports is a history of migration and nation-building from the
vantage point of those who lived between states. Devi Mays traces the histories of Ottoman …

Italian immigrants to the United States and Argentina hungered for the products of home.
Merchants imported Italian cheese, wine, olive oil, and other commodities to meet the …