National insecurities : immigrants and U.S. deportation policy since 1882 /
For over a century, deportation and exclusion have defined eligibility for citizenship in the United States and, in turn, have shaped what it means to be American. In this broad analysis of policy from 1882 to present, Deirdre Moloney places current debates about immigration issues in historical con...
| Основен автор: | Moloney, Deirdre M., (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
℗♭2012.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=422065 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
National insecurities. |
| Резюме: |
For over a century, deportation and exclusion have defined eligibility for citizenship in the United States and, in turn, have shaped what it means to be American. In this broad analysis of policy from 1882 to present, Deirdre Moloney places current debates about immigration issues in historical context. Focusing on several ethnic groups, Moloney closely examines how gender and race led to differences in the implementation of U.S. immigration policy as well as how poverty, sexuality, health, and ideologies were regulated at the borders. Emphasizing the perspectives of immigrants and their advo. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-309) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780807882610 0807882615 9781469601779 146960177X |