Immigration Restriction: A Study of the Opposition to and Regulation of Immigration into the United States

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Foreword vii
• Preface ix
• Contents xiii
• Chapter I - Colonial Regulation of Immigration 1
• Chapter II - Opposition to and Regulation of Immigration 1775-1882 22
• Chapter III - Power of Congress Over Immigration 59
• Chapter IV - Federal Immigration Legislation to 1914 83
• Chapter V - Federal Immigration Legislation, 1914-1921 117
• Chapter VI - The Emergency Quota Legislation, 1921-1924 142
• Chapter VII - The Immigration Act of 1924 169
• Chapter VIII - Back to 1890 203
• Chapter IX - Chinese Immigration 286
• Chapter X - Japanese Immigration 308
• Bibliography 355
• Index 373