Race and Immigration in the United States

"Paul Spickard's Race and Immigration in the United States is essential reading for scholars and students engaged in the important questions of immigration, race, and American identity. Taken together, the essays take aim at cherished myths and long-held historical interpretations and begin to redefine United States history."

Andrew Kersten, Professor of U.S. History, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

"The strength of Race and Immigration in the United States is editor Spickard’s judicious selection of essays. The authors assembled here are leading scholars and theorists of (im)migration to the United States whose various re-conceptualizations of the standard ‘Ellis Island’ paradigm have re-invigorated the field of American immigration history in the past decade. Brought together here, they offer a fresh approach to the subject for students and scholars thinking about the American past in the twenty-first century."

Patrick Ettinger, Associate Professor of History, California State University, Sacramento

"Paul Spickard has compiled this exceptional collection of previously published articles concerning aspects of immigration issues from the colonial period to the present era. ... This collection of essays is quite provocative, enriched by impressive endnotes and bibliographies, and opening many lines of communication and unified action with parallels past and present."

The Journal of American History