This is a history book for young readers, I'm thinking 8-13 content wise, maybe up to 10-13 reading level wise.

It is a pretty good overview of immigration in America, dating back to before even Columbus, through colonization and into modern day. The pictures and layout are clean and eye catching. And the book does its best to present both sides of the dispute equally and easily for young readers. I like that legislation throughout American history and the social consequences of it are touched upon.

I gave it four stars because it does what it set out to do nicely. But, since I'm in APUSH, it was not particularly enjoyable. I'd recommend it to a 5th grade classroom, but not for anyone looking for nonfiction to read.

A good resource for late middle school or early high school students. Very timely! Explores the history of, and the pro's and con's of immigration to the United States. Very easily readable. Somewhat of a more liberal leaning bias, but all in all, a good text. I did find the number of, and placement of the numerous insets and dialogue boxes to be very confusing, detracting greatly from the flow of the book.

New Americans by Geoffrey C. Harrison and Thomas F. Scott published by Norwood House Press is a very powerful interesting book for students and their teacher about a controversial thematic, that as we will see hasn't been a real novelty for America: the immigrants.

At first they were the 13 colonies. These people, British, constituted the first and most important community for the modern USA.

There weren't other people in the USA until the arrival of Cristoforo Colombo and the discovery of America. Thanks to this, new people slowly slowly afforded to the USA. Native Americans destroyed by the white man, we shouldn't never forget this dark page of history, and a new face started to take place.

Problems started to come when many ships arrived in the USA plenty of immigrants during 1800. The main concept at that time was the Nativitism and so the idea that people arrived before in the USA had to have best treatment than not the new ones, in terms of freedom and rights although as we have seen rights and freedom built slowly slowly by the various Americans. Please check out this book and my review: The Fight for Freedom .

https://alfemminile.blogspot.it/2017/02/the-fight-for-freedom-by-geoffrey.html

The northern part of the world was considered from the first immigrants the best one, so Swedish, Germans people appreciated, while the South part of Europe read and seen as more "dangerous." Irish, Italians, Russian seen with suspect like also their religion: the catholic one.

The book asks if some Nativism is back today but maybe we should ask what it means for immigrants to afford to the USA and what it is today the American Dream.

In 1850 the discovery of gold and the Gold Rush and talking of immigration the arrival of people from Asia.

At the beginning of XX century government tried to reduce immigration.

Other errors from the USA committed during the First but also Second World War? Dauring the latest mondial conflict the USA rejected a ship of Jewish immigrants. Half of them died tragically once returned home because of course captured.

It was clear for the government that the arrival of new forces and new brains meant also the arrival of new opportunity of growth. The USA is a land built by immigrants.

I personally know immigrants who left our land and made fortune in USA and later Canada. If they would have remained here they would have spent a tranquil life but nothing more.

The book offers various point of debating and the story of immigration is surely articulated, at treats very sad, and a policy that changes periodically the cards on table.

Very beauty book! Suggested to everyone not only students and teachers for trying to understand our actuality and the past as well.


I thank NetGalley and Norwood House Press for this book.

As a family who lives in a multi-cultural neighborhood, the recent election and it's wide spread immigration comments have been a topic of discussion for our household over the last year. As our children are home schooled, they have not had the opportunity to encounter racism very frequently, and their friends are diverse. However, it has raised many questions as they watched the news and this was a perfect tool to help answer so many of them.

This was also a perfect tool for my homeschooling family. It was a perfect fit for my sixth grader, yet it was easy enough to understand that my first grader took an active part in the lesson and the following discussion. It did not put an over emphasis on either side of the debate, yet stated clear facts and history to back up each side. It also gave points and counter points to each side, which has led to many reoccurring discussions. It used quotes from recognizable people to show emphasis to each side, quotes that we were able to discuss, and explore the motivations behind their opinions. It also was a wonderful tool for the teaching of how to conduct a civil debate, and that each side needs a level of respect if anything is to be changed, or listened too.

Timely book, though it was published in 2014, about the immigration issue that has been around since the founding of America. The book looks at each wave of immigrants, and discusses how the US, at the time, dealt with them, and thought of them. Spoiler alert, each old group looked down on each new group. Sheesh.

Good arguments given for each time period. Well written discussions, and well documented stories of each wave.

Highly recommend for school and libraries. Heck, we should really all read this.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

“New Americans” had great historical information and is even more relevant with current events. It would be a great nonfiction title for schools to have.