Whom We Shall Welcome : Italian Americans and Immigration Reform, 1945-1965 /

This text looks at Italian American campaigns to reform American immigration laws from 1945 to 1965. It argues that even while Italian Americans were members of a coalition that pushed for liberal immigration reforms, their campaigns reflected a mix of liberalism and conservatism. Italian American i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Battisti, Danielle (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Italian Americans.
Immigrants > Government policy.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Emigration and immigration.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Americains d'origine italienne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Italian Americans > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Italy.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > History > 20th century.
Italy > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:This text looks at Italian American campaigns to reform American immigration laws from 1945 to 1965. It argues that even while Italian Americans were members of a coalition that pushed for liberal immigration reforms, their campaigns reflected a mix of liberalism and conservatism. Italian American immigration reformers invoked both secular principles of democratic liberalism and arguments based on Catholic social thought to call for a more humane and equal system of regulating immigration than the one in place based on a system of National Origins quotas.
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages).
ISBN:9780823284412

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