Struggles over immigrants' language : literacy tests in the United States, 1917-1966 /

Oh argues that the introduction of literacy tests influenced both the possibility of immigrant admission to the United States and the exercise of suffrage. The Literacy Test Act of 1917 was the first national language restriction on immigration and was used as a means of excluding?undesirable? lingu...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Oh, Young-In, 1970-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.
Collection:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Sujets:
1900-1999
Literacy > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Literacy > Ability testing > United States > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > Education > United States > History > 20th century.
EDUCATION > Students & Student Life.
Emigration and immigration
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Immigrants > Education
Literacy > Ability testing
Literacy > Social aspects
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 20e siècle.
United States
History
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