Selected Articles on Restriction of Immigration by Edith M. Phelps | Full Audio Book

Selected Articles on Restriction of Immigration by Edith M. Phelps (1881 - 1980)
Genre(s): Law, Political Science, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Read by: Ted Lienhart in English

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Explanatory Note
00:02:32 - 02 - Brief
00:09:07 - 03 - General Discussion
00:13:06 - 04 - Our Future Immigration Policy
00:21:15 - 05 - Our Nation Gates: Shut, Ajar, or Open?
00:40:50 - 06 - Need We Fear Immigration?
00:52:13 - 07 - Millions of War-Weary Europeans, Says F.C. Howe, Will Come to America
01:00:53 - 08 - Immigration in August, 1919
01:04:01 - 09 - The Movement of Immigrant and Emigrant Aliens
01:08:18 - 10 - The Return Movement of Immigrants to their Home Countries
01:12:06 - 11 - Suspend Immigration? What of Industry?
01:21:23 - 12 - Canada to Restrict Immigration
01:23:59 - 13 - To Clap the Lid on the Melting Pot
01:29:10 - 14 - To Halt Immigration
01:33:14 - 15 - Affirmative Discussion: The Vanishing American Wage-Earner
01:53:54 - 16 - Why Immigration Should be Restricted
02:04:09 - 17 - Immigration Standards After the War
02:21:23 - 18 - Labor and Immigration
02:23:50 - 19 - Proposed Immigration Legislation
02:32:28 - 20 - Aliens Leaving Our Shores in Large Numbers
02:37:20 - 21 - Negative Discussion: Immigration and Internationalism
02:45:20 - 22 - What Restriction Means
03:03:33 - 23 - The Proposal to Suspend Immigration
03:07:05 - 24 - Human Currents of the War
03:14:17 - 25 - National Liberal Immigration League

In the years following World War I, immigration was a hot topic in the United States. The number of immigrants arriving each year had surged, and many came from East Asian or Southern European cultures that seemed alien to Americans of Northern European descent. Political parties began drafting legislation to further restrict immigration. Yet opposition to immigration was not universal; many people continued to support more open borders.This issue—and some of the arguments on both sides—will sound familiar to readers today, almost anywhere in the world. One notable difference, however, lies in the media through which the debate was conducted. Today, discussions unfold largely through podcasts, television news, and social media. In the early twentieth century, by contrast, people relied almost entirely on print for mass communication, informing themselves through major newspapers and national magazines.This concise 1920 book summarizes the debate over immigration restriction and presents reprints of articles offering a range of arguments and analyses. - Summary by Ted Lienhart