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Elusive Citizenship : Immigration, Asian Americans, and the Paradox of Civil Rights.
Since the late nineteenth century, federal and state rules governing immigration and naturalization have placed persons of Asian ancestry outside the boundaries of formal membership. A review of leading cases in American constitutional law regarding Asians would suggest that initially, Asian immigra...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Critical America.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; 1." A Subclass within Our Boundaries"; Part I: Theory; 2. Characteristics Arbitrary from a Moral Point of View"; 3." One Body in the State of Nature"; Part II: Law; 4." They Do Not and Will Not Assimilate"; 5." Beyond All Reason in Its Severity"; Part III: Homeless Strangers; 6." They Will Disappear"; 7. "Loyalty Is a Matter of the Heart and Mind"; 8. "Outside the Pale of Law"; Notes; Index; About the Author.