A nation of immigrants

Chapter 1 A nation of Nations 1

Chapter 2 Why They Came 4

Chapter 3 Waves of Immigration-The Pre-Revolutionary Forces 10

Chapter 4 Waves of Immigration-The Post-Revolutionary Forces 17

Chapter 5 Immigrant Contribution 64

Chapter 6 Immigration Policy 69

Chapter 7 Where We Stand 77

Appendix A The United States of America-A Nation of Immigrants 84

Appendix B Chronology of immigration 88

Appendix B-1 Major immigration policy developments since 1963 95

Appendix D Text of President John F. Kennedy's Proposals to Liberalize Immigration Statutes (July 23, 1963) 108

Appendix E Selected Comments on President Kennedy's Message 114.