Culling the masses : the democratic origins of racist immigration policy in the Americas /

Culling the Masses questions the widely held view that in the long run democracy and racism cannot coexist. David Scott FitzGerald and David Cook-Martín show that democracies were the first countries in the Americas to select immigrants by race, and undemocratic states the first to outlaw discrimin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: FitzGerald, David, 1972- (Autor), Cook-Martín, David (David A.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Immigrants > Government policy > America > History.
Racism > Political aspects > America > History.
Citizenship > America > History.
Emigration and immigration law > America > History.
Democracy > America > History.
Racisme > Aspect politique > Amérique > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Comparative Politics.
Citizenship.
Democracy.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Emigration and immigration law.
Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Immigrants > Government policy.
Politics and government
Race relations > Political aspects.
Racism > Political aspects.
Immigration > historia.
Rasism > politiska aspekter > historia.
Etniska relationer > historia.
Demokrati > historia.
America > Race relations > Political aspects > History.
America > Ethnic relations > Political aspects > History.
America > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > History.
America > Politics and government.
Amérique > Relations raciales > Aspect politique > Histoire.
Amérique > Relations interethniques > Aspect politique > Histoire.
Amérique > Politique et gouvernement.
America.
Amerika.
Zuid-Amerika.
History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The organizational landscape : from eugenics to anti-racism
  • The United States : paragon of liberal democracy and racism
  • Canada : between neighbor and empire
  • Cuba : whitening an island
  • Mexico : selecting those who never came
  • Brazil : selling the myth of racial democracy
  • Argentina : crucible of European nations?
  • Appendix: Ethnic selection in sixteen countries.

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