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The Book League of America, Inc. was a US book publisher and mail order book sales club.It was established in 1930, a few years after the Book of the Month Club. [1] Its founder was Lawrence Lamm, previously an editor at Macmillan Inc. [1] The company was located at 100 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York, [2] in a 240,000-square-foot (22,000 m 2) office building that was constructed in 1906 ...
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 affirmed the national origins quota system of 1924 and limited total annual immigration to one sixth of one percent of the population of the continental United States in 1920, or 175,455. It exempted the spouses and children of U.S. citizens and people born in the Western Hemisphere from the quota.
Juan González, a New York Daily News columnist from Puerto Rico, originally published "Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America" in 2000, and in 2022, the first new edition of the book ...
Pages in category "Books about immigration to the United States" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first comprehensive federal immigration legislation in the history of the U.S., the 1924 law solidified features of the immigration system with us today: visa requirements, the Border Patrol ...
The Literary Guild of America is a mail order book club selling low-cost editions of selected current books to its members. Established in 1927 to compete with the Book of the Month Club, it is currently owned by Bookspan. It was a way to encourage reading among the American public through curated and affordable selections.
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo. This Good Morning America book club pick follows the life of a Dominican-American family ahead of a living wake—yes, you read that right. One of the sisters can ...
Pages in category "Non-fiction books about immigration to the United States" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .