Location
UNLV Libraries Extended Study Room
Start Date
6-12-2012 10:15 AM
End Date
6-12-2012 11:00 AM
Description
This cartoon “The High Tide of Immigration – A National Menace” appeared in the humor magazine Judge in 1903. It reflects the alarm among some Americans at the growing number of immigrants from countries in Southern and Eastern Europe such as Italy, Russia, Austria, Hungary and declining number of immigrants from countries in northern and western Europe such as Ireland and Germany.
Disciplines
Cultural History | History | Political History | Politics and Social Change
Language
English
COinS
“The High Tide of Immigration—A National Menace”
UNLV Libraries Extended Study Room
This cartoon “The High Tide of Immigration – A National Menace” appeared in the humor magazine Judge in 1903. It reflects the alarm among some Americans at the growing number of immigrants from countries in Southern and Eastern Europe such as Italy, Russia, Austria, Hungary and declining number of immigrants from countries in northern and western Europe such as Ireland and Germany.