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Partners in gatekeeping : how Italy shaped U.S. immigration policy over ten pivotal years, 1891-1901 / Lauren Braun-Strumfels.
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Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braun-Strumfels, Lauren, 1979- author.
- Series:
- Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Office of Labor Information and Protection for Italians--History.
- Office of Labor Information and Protection for Italians.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History.
- United States.
- Italy--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History.
- Italy.
- Sunnyside Plantation (Ark.)--History.
- Sunnyside Plantation (Ark.).
- Italians--United States--History.
- Italians.
- Italians--Southern States--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations (black and white.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2023.
- Contents:
- The murder of David Hennessy and its aftermath
- The Italian government and U.S. border
- Enforcement in the 1890s
- From Ellis sland to Sunnyside Plantation, Arkansas
- Colonization, the literacy test, and the evolution of gatekeeping
- Partners in gatekeeping
- Epilogue : the arc of immigration restriction in the United States
- A note on sources
- Appendix. Italian immigrants admitted and rejected at Ellis Island, April-May 1896.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780820365428 (electronic bk.)
- 0820365424 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40032027973
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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