Alan Kraut, Ph.D.

Alan Kraut is Distinguished Professor of History at American University and a nonresident fellow of the Migration Policy Institute. Kraut specializes in immigration, ethnic history, and the history of medicine. He has written or edited nine books on these topics, including The Huddled Masses, the Immigrant in American Society, 1880-1921 (2001) and Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes and the “Immigrant Menace” (1994).

July 11, 2024

Episode 4: Exclusion

In Gilded Age America, immigration from Europe rapidly grew the nation’s Jewish population, convincing many Americans that Jews were a dangerous and undesirable race. As lawmakers debated ways to restrict immigration, busine…

Guests: Zev Eleff, Ph.D. , Mitchell Hart, Ph.D. , Alan Kraut, Ph.D. , Jonathan D. Sarna, Ph.D. , Britt Tevis, Ph.D./J.D.