The Face of the Nation : Immigration, the State, and the National Identity /

This innovative work provides both a historical account of the crazy-quilt of legislation dealing with immigration that Congress has passed over the years and a theoretical explanation, building on the "new institutionalism," of how these laws came to be passed. The author shows why immigr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fitzgerald, Keith (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Politics > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • CHAPTER 1 Introduction
  • CHAPTER 2 The Puzzle of Immigration Policy and Theories of Policymaking
  • CHAPTER 3 Institutions, Policymaking, and Immigration Policy
  • CHAPTER 4 The Development and Expansion of a Sectoral State: Federal Immigration Policy, 1879-1924
  • CHAPTER 5 The Articulation of a Sectoral State: Immigration Policy, 1924-41
  • CHAPTER 6 The Redefinition of the State: Immigration Policy During and After World War II, 1941-52
  • CHAPTER 7 Establishing the Boundaries for the Contemporary Era, 1951-65
  • CHAPTER 8 Conclusions: Immigration, the State, and the National Identity
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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