And Still They Come

Elliott Robert Barkan is Professor Emeritus of History and Ethnic Studies at California State University. He lives in Corona, California.

• Foreword VList of Tables and Figures XAcknowledgments XIIIntroduction 1PART ONE 7From Postwar to the Eve of World War: 1920-1940 8Chapter One: The 1920s: Halting the Immigrant Floodtide 9Adopting Quotas and National Origins 9The Struggle Over American Citizenship 15Chapter Two: Adapting to America: The Interwar Years 18The Not-So-Roaring Twenties 18Earning a Living 24Ties that Bind: Homelands and Ethnic Institutions 32Language, Culture, and the Second Generation 36Leadership, Citizenship, and Ethnic Politics 40Chapter Three: The Thirties in Crisis: Repatriation, Refugees, and the New Deal 44Repatriation: Mexicans and Filipinos 45Culture, Politics, and the Labor Movement 48Anti-Semitism and the Refugee Question 50PART TWO 55From World War to Cold War: 1940-1965Chapter Four: Waging War—At Home and Abroad 58Regulation, Registration, Internment 58Waging War on the Homefront 64The Dilemmas of Ethnicity in Wartime 67Chapter Five: Breaking New Ground: War Brides, DPs, and Refugees 72Innovations: War Brides and DPs 73Reveling and Unraveling National Origins 76America’s Migrants: With and Without Papers 80Chapter Six: Immigrants and American Society at Midcentury 86An Overview: Immigrants and Ethnics 87Immigrants and Ethnics: Urban, Suburban, Rural 91New Immigrants, New Americans, Old Issues 100Immigrants and American Citizenship 104PART THREE 111America in a Rimless World: 1965-1995 112Chapter Seven: In the Era of the Cold War and Beyond: Immigrants and Ethnics 115Legislative Reforms, 1965-1986 115An Overview of Immigration, Documented and Undocumented, 1965-1995 119Female Immigration 128The Immigrant Experience 131The Immigrant Experience 131Ties to the Homeland 139Chapter Eight: Immigrant and Ethnic Adaptation in the Late Twentieth Century: Diversities Within Diversity 144The White Ethnic “Revival” 146Religion, Language, culture, and Community 151The Pillars of Occupation and Education 157Brain Drain or Reciprocal Gain? 164Citizenship and Politics: To Do or Not to Do 166Contrasting Studies of Ethnic Activism: Japanese Americans and Chicanos and Other Latinos 172Chapter Nine: The 1990s: New Directions or Full Circle? 1781990: A New Census and New Immigration Reforms 179The “Costs” of Immigration—Legal and Undocumented 183The Challenge and the Toll of Immigration 190Appendix: Additional Tables 197Bibliographical Essay 215Index 251Photo Essay / follows p. 126Photo Credits 261

"Barkan offers a thoroughly researched and carefully balanced synthesis, emphasizing the diversity among individuals and groups before and after 1965 and offering carefully well-qualified generalizations. ... In short, And Still They Come is a valuable addition to the literature on American immigration since restriction, synthesizing a vast literature in a clear and original way." (International Migration Review, 1998)