Expelling the Poor: Atlantic Seaboard States and the Nineteenth-Century Origins of American Immigration Policy

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September 01 2017 Expelling the Poor: Atlantic Seaboard States and the Nineteenth-Century Origins of American Immigration Policy Expelling the Poor: Atlantic Seaboard States and the Nineteenth-Century Origins of American Immigration Policy. By HidetakaHirota. (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2017. Pp. 320. $35.00.) Diane C. Vecchio Diane C. Vecchio Diane C. Vecchio is professor and chair of the history department at Furman University in Greenville, SC. An immigration historian, Vecchio has published several articles on Italian and Jewish immigration and is the author of Merchants, Midwives, and Laboring Women: Italian Migrants in Urban America. Her current work examines Jewish immigrants and their economic impact on the South Carolina Upcountry Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Diane C. Vecchio Diane C. Vecchio is professor and chair of the history department at Furman University in Greenville, SC. An immigration historian, Vecchio has published several articles on Italian and Jewish immigration and is the author of Merchants, Midwives, and Laboring Women: Italian Migrants in Urban America. Her current work examines Jewish immigrants and their economic impact on the South Carolina Upcountry Online Issn: 1937-2213 Print Issn: 0028-4866 © 2017 by The New England Quarterly2017The New England Quarterly The New England Quarterly (2017) 90 (3): 491–493. https://doi.org/10.1162/tneq_r_00635 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Diane C. Vecchio; Expelling the Poor: Atlantic Seaboard States and the Nineteenth-Century Origins of American Immigration Policy. The New England Quarterly 2017; 90 (3): 491–493. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/tneq_r_00635 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsThe New England Quarterly Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2017 by The New England Quarterly2017The New England Quarterly Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.