Unwanted : Italian and Jewish mobilization against restrictive immigration laws, 1882-1965 /

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"This book is a ... study of how restrictionists and anti-restrictionists alike have influenced the process of immigration reform since the rise of a gate-keeping nation at the end of the nineteenth century. It provides a single ... story about how the dynamics of immigration reform have made t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marinari, Maddalena (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Temas:
1900-1999
Immigrants > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Italians > Political activity > United States.
Jews > Political activity > United States.
Emigration and immigration law > United States > History > 20th century.
Italiens > Activité politique > États-Unis.
Juifs > Activité politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Emigration and immigration law.
Immigrants > Political activity.
Italians > Political activity.
Jews > Political activity.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The battle begins : World War I and the end of open immigration from Europe
  • The doors of America are worse than shut when they are half-way open : from the literacy test to the national origins quota system, 1920-1929
  • Almost as inaccessible as Tibet : mobilizing under restriction before World War II
  • International migration and one world : reframing the debate on immigration reform in a new era, 1945-1952
  • A thing of shreds and patches : challenging immigration reform from within, 1952-1960
  • Reform at last : a victory for whom?

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