Selected Articles on Restriction of Immigration: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Selected Articles on Restriction of Immigration, credited to Edith M. Phelps, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Selected Articles on Restriction of Immigration by Edith M. Phelps. Read in English by Ted Lienhart. 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

Recording facts

• Recording title: Selected Articles on Restriction of Immigration
• Author credits: Edith M. Phelps
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 3:17:46

Catalogue topics

• immigrants
• deportation
• refugees
• united states - emigration and immigration
• illegal aliens
• ethnic relations
• americanization
• foreign workers

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Explanatory Note — 2:31
2. 02 - Brief — 6:34
3. 03 - General Discussion — 3:58
4. 04 - Our Future Immigration Policy — 8:08
5. 05 - Our Nation Gates: Shut, Ajar, or Open? — 19:33
6. 06 - Need We Fear Immigration? — 11:22
7. 07 - Millions of War-Weary Europeans, Says F.C. Howe, Will Come to America — 8:40
8. 08 - Immigration in August, 1919 — 3:07
9. 09 - The Movement of Immigrant and Emigrant Aliens — 4:16
10. 10 - The Return Movement of Immigrants to their Home Countries — 3:48
11. 11 - Suspend Immigration? What of Industry? — 9:16
12. 12 - Canada to Restrict Immigration — 2:36
13. 13 - To Clap the Lid on the Melting Pot — 5:10
14. 14 - To Halt Immigration — 4:02
15. 15 - Affirmative Discussion: The Vanishing American Wage-Earner — 20:40
16. 16 - Why Immigration Should be Restricted — 10:15
17. 17 - Immigration Standards After the War — 17:13
18. 18 - Labor and Immigration — 2:26
19. 19 - Proposed Immigration Legislation — 8:37
20. 20 - Aliens Leaving Our Shores in Large Numbers — 4:52
21. 21 - Negative Discussion: Immigration and Internationalism — 7:59
22. 22 - What Restriction Means — 18:12
23. 23 - The Proposal to Suspend Immigration — 3:31
24. 24 - Human Currents of the War — 7:11

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