Coming to America (Second Edition): A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life

One of our generation’s best historical accounts of immigration in the United States from the earliest colonial days

“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

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.

With a timely new chapter on immigration in the current age of globalization, a new Preface, and new appendixes with the most recent statistics, this revised edition is an engrossing study of immigration to the United States from the colonial era to the present.

“Encyclopedic in scope, yet lively and provocative.... One of those rare books that will serve experts and the general public equally well.” - San Francisco Chronicle

“A valuable contribution to the growing field of historical research on immigration . . . concentrating on the demographics and everyday lives of immigrants to America in three periods: colonial times, 1820-1924, and the modem era . . . A solid volume for readers in search of their roots.” - Booklist

“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. Now historian Roger Daniels has crafted a work that does justice to the whole.” - San Francisco Chronicle

“Substantial, impressive.” - Publishers Weekly

“Perhaps the most authoritative and readable single-volume history of immigration yet written. Nationality by nationality, Daniels traces the migration of refugees to this country as far back as the year 1500.” - Provo(Utah) Daily Herald