Fictive Kinship : Family Reunification and the Meaning of Race and Nation in American Immigration.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Terminology -- Chapter 1. Introduction: "Family Reunification Has Been the Cornerstone of Our Immigration Policy" -- Chapter 2. "The Fabric of Our Civilization as We Know It": Family in Research and Policy -- Chapter 3. "I Have Kept My Blood Pure": Gender Propriety, Class Privilege, and Racial Purity in Family Reunification During the Exclusion Era -- Chapter 4. "Reason of Elemental Humanity": The Urgency of Uniting Families in the Postwar Era on the Road to Immigration Reform -- Chapter 5. "Our Nation's Efforts to Protect Families Has Fallen Far Short": Pluralist Ideals and Vulnerable Families -- Chapter 6. Conclusion: "What Basis Do We Use to Decide Who Gets to Come?" -- Appendix: Data and Methods -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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