American by birth : Wong Kim Ark and the battle for citizenship /

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"In his infamous opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) Chief Justice Taney had denied that any American descended from Africans, whether free or slave, could claim citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause repudiated this principle. The Fourteenth Amendment's conne...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Nackenoff, Carol (Autor), Novkov, Julie, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Temas:
Wong, Kim Ark, > 1873- > Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. > Constitution. > 14th Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
Citizenship > United States.
Emigration and immigration law > United States.
Asian Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
Chinese Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
Asian Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Chinese Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Citizenship.
Emigration and immigration law.
United States.
History.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The foundations of American citizenship
  • Chinese immigration and the legal shift toward exclusion
  • The legal battle over exclusion
  • Who was Wong Kim Ark?
  • Wong Kim Ark v. United States
  • Citizenship and immigration : the next battles
  • Revisiting Jus Soli : contemporary developments / coauthored with Marit Vike.

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