Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life

“Perhaps the most authoritative and readable single-volume history of immigration yet written.” —Daily Herald

Former professor Roger Daniels does his utmost to capture the history of immigration to America as accurately as possible in this definitive account of one of the most pressing and layered social issues of our time. With chapters that include statistics, maps, and charts to help us visualize the change taking place in the age of globalization, this is a fascinating read for both the student studying immigration patterns and the general reader who wishes to be more well-informed from a quantitative perspective. Daniels places more recent cases of migration in the Americas within the rich history of the continents pre-colonialism. This invaluable resource is filled with maps and charts designed to help the reader see patterns that surface when studying the movement of peoples over time.

“From almost every corner of the globe, in numbers great and small, America has drawn people whose contributions are as varied as their origins. Historians have spent much of the last generation investigating the separate pieces of that great story. Historian Roger Daniels has crafted a work that does justice to the whole.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Daniels has written a rich and provocative revisionist survey of American immigration history that should command a wide readership. In freshness, breadth of outlook, and readability, Coming to America surpasses its predecessors.” —Pacific Historical Review

“Provides the first comprehensive history of immigration to the United States in twenty years.” —Library Journal