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Immigration and the Politics of American Sovereignty, 1890-1990.
What does it mean to be an American? The United States defines itself by its legal freedoms; it cannot tell its citizens who to be. Nevertheless, where possible, it must separate citizen from alien. In so doing, it defines the desirable characteristics of its citizens in immigration policy, spelling...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University of Michigan Press
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Arguments about Immigrants; 3. Whether to Exclude; 4. Whom to Exclude: The Quota Acts; 5. Whom to Exclude: The McCarran-Walter Act; 6. Whom to Exclude, Whom to Prefer: The Immigration Reform Act of 1965; 7. Whom to Exclude, Whom to Prefer: IRCA and the 1990 Reforms; 8. Domestic Interests as Explanations; 9. Structural Theories as Explanations; 10. Conclusion: Sovereignty, Things, and People; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.