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Crossing Borders : Migration and Citizenship in the Twentieth-Century United States.

Schneider, Dorothee.

Crossing Borders : Migration and Citizenship in the Twentieth-Century United States. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (331 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Crossing Borders and Nation Building -- 1. Leaving Home -- 2. Landing in America -- 3. Forced Departures -- 4. Americanization -- 5. Becoming a Citizen -- Epilogue: Crossing Borders in the Late Twentieth Century -- Appendix 1: Figures -- Appendix 2: Deportation Categories, 1917 -- Notes -- Index.

Dorothee Schneider relates the story of immigrants' passage from an old society to a new one, and American policymakers' debates over admission to the United States and citizenship. Bringing together the histories of Europeans, Asians, and Mexicans, the book opens up a fresh view of immigrant expectations and government responses.

9780674061309


Immigrants-United States-History.
Citizenship-United States.
United States-Emigration and immigration-History.
United States-Emigration and immigration-Government policy.


Electronic books.

JV6450

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