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Immigration and the politics of American sovereignty, 1890-1990 / Cheryl Shanks.
LIBRA JV6483 .S536 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shanks, Cheryl, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emigration and immigration law--United States--History.
- Emigration and immigration law.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Government policy.
- Physical Description:
- 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- An exploration of how and why public arguments about immigrants change over time--and of the implications for our understanding of national sovereignty.
- Contents:
- Arguments about immigrants
- Whether to exclude
- Whom to exclude : the Quota Acts
- Whom to exclude : the McCarran-Walter Act
- Whom to exclude, whom to prefer : the Immigration Reform Act of 1965
- Whom to exclude, whom to prefer : IRCA and the 1990 reforms
- Domestic interests as explanations
- Structural theories as explanations
- Conclusion: sovereignty, things, and people.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-377) and index.
- ISBN:
- 047211204X
- OCLC:
- 46353315
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