Most studies of immigration to the New World have focused on the United States. Samuel L. Baily's eagerly awaited book broadens that perspective through a compa

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How the Chinese community became an indispensable part of multicultural Canada.

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Explores changes in American attitudes toward Italy and Italians during a crucial period of U.S. immigration history.