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Immigration and the Politics of American Sovereignty, 1890-1990.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (399 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472023004
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Immigration and the Politics of American Sovereignty, 1890-1990DDC classification:
  • 325.73/09/04
LOC classification:
  • JV6483
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Arguments about Immigrants -- 3. Whether to Exclude -- 4. Whom to Exclude: The Quota Acts -- 5. Whom to Exclude: The McCarran-Walter Act -- 6. Whom to Exclude, Whom to Prefer: The Immigration Reform Act of 1965 -- 7. Whom to Exclude, Whom to Prefer: IRCA and the 1990 Reforms -- 8. Domestic Interests as Explanations -- 9. Structural Theories as Explanations -- 10. Conclusion: Sovereignty, Things, and People -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: An exploration of how and why public arguments about immigrants change over time--and of the implications for our understanding of national sovereignty.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Arguments about Immigrants -- 3. Whether to Exclude -- 4. Whom to Exclude: The Quota Acts -- 5. Whom to Exclude: The McCarran-Walter Act -- 6. Whom to Exclude, Whom to Prefer: The Immigration Reform Act of 1965 -- 7. Whom to Exclude, Whom to Prefer: IRCA and the 1990 Reforms -- 8. Domestic Interests as Explanations -- 9. Structural Theories as Explanations -- 10. Conclusion: Sovereignty, Things, and People -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

An exploration of how and why public arguments about immigrants change over time--and of the implications for our understanding of national sovereignty.

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