Before Borders : A Legal and Literary History of Naturalization /

"Bringing together eighteenth-century legal discourse and prose fiction, the author gives a cross-disciplinary account of immigration history. She tells a revisionist history in which, for jurists, philosophers, and fiction writers, naturalization is a creative mechanism for national expansion&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: DeGooyer, Stephanie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Law and literature.
English fiction.
American fiction.
Droit et litterature.
Roman americain > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Naturalization in literature.
American fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Open country: Pt.1. Theories of naturalization
  • Naturalization in history
  • Ideas of naturalization
  • Pt. 2. Fictions of naturalization
  • Law of the foreign father
  • Open-door domestic fiction
  • Pt. 3. Relations of naturalization
  • Unnatural-born subjects.

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