Introduction : the making of America / The impact of immigration legislation : 1875 to the present / European migrations / Asian immigration / Latino immigration / African American migration from the colonial era to the present / Emancipation and exploitation in immigrant women's lives / Protecting America's borders and the undocumented immigrant dilemma / Inclusion, exclusion, and the making of American nationality / Race and citizenship / Assimilation in the past and present / Whiteness and race / Race and U.S. panethnic formation / Intermarriage and the creation of a new American / Immigration, medical regulation, and eugenics / The world of the immigrant worker / Neighborhoods, immigrants, and ethnic Americans / Machine bosses, reformers, and the politics of ethnic and minority incorporation / Immigration, ethnicity, race, and organized crime / The myth of ethnic success : old wine in new bottles / Immigration and ethnic diversity in the South, 1980-2010 / Allegiance, dual citizenship, and the ethnic influence on U.S. foreign policy / Historians and sociologists debate transnationalism / Written forms of communication from immigrant letters to instant messaging / Ethnicity, race, and religion beyond Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish whites / Immigration, race, and ethnicity in American film / Language retention/language shift, "English only," and multilingualism in the United States / Melting pots, salad bowls, ethnic museums, and American identity / New approaches in teaching immigration and ethnic history