Bøker av Marilynn S. Johnson

Historians commonly point to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act as the inception of a new chapter in the story of American immigration. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from varied disciplines to consider what is genuinely new about this period.

Examines how industries spawned by the USA's entry into World War II prompted a mass migration to America's west coast that would cause lasting social, cultural and political changes. Focusing on the San Francisco Bay area, this study chronicles such issues as labour, housing and racial conflict.