Unwanted : Italian and Jewish Mobilization against Restrictive Immigration Laws, 1882-1965 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marinari, Maddalena (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jews > Political activity.
Italians > Political activity.
Immigrants > Political activity.
Emigration and immigration law.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Juifs > Activite politique > États-Unis.
Italiens > Activite politique > États-Unis.
Emigration and immigration law > United States > History > 20th century.
Jews > Political activity > United States.
Italians > Political activity > United States.
Immigrants > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The battle begins : World War I and the end of open immigration from Europe
  • The doors of America are worse than shut when they are half-way open : from the literacy test to the national origins quota system, 1920-1929
  • Almost as inaccessible as Tibet : mobilizing under restriction before World War II
  • International migration and one world : reframing the debate on immigration reform in a new era, 1945-1952
  • A thing of shreds and patches : challenging immigration reform from within, 1952-1960
  • Reform at last : a victory for whom?

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