Making Americans: Immigration, Race, and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy

by Desmond King

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In the nineteenth century, virtually anyone could get into the United States. But by the 1920s, U.S. immigration policy had become a finely filtered regime of selection. Desmond King looks at this dramatic shift, and the debates behind it, for what they reveal about the construction of an "American" identity.

Specifically, the debates in the three decades leading up to 1929 were conceived in terms of desirable versus undesirable immigrants...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:067400812X

ISBN13:9780674008120

Release Date:June 2002

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

20th Century Americas Civics & Citizenship Discrimination & Racism History Minority Studies Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Affairs & Policy

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