Grounds for Exclusion : Race, Health, and Disability in Argentine Immigration Policy, 1876-1932.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryce, Benjamin.

Series:

InterConnections: the Global Twentieth Century Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2026.

Summary:

Argentina has been one the most important destinations for international labor migrants in the modern world.But while it was long imagined as a nation of immigrants, a closer look at its history and policies reveals that the country's doors were only open to certain people.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Epigraphs

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface by the editors of the InterConnections: The Global Twentieth Century series

Acknowledgments

A Note on Language and Sources

Introduction. To Exclude with Open Doors

Chapter One. Immigration and the Settler Republic

Chapter Two. Making Argentina European

Chapter Three. Laws, Interpretations, and the Making of Immigration Policy

Chapter Four. Asian Migration and the Dilemma of Openness

Chapter Five. Punjabi Workers, Diplomacy, and Ad Hoc Solutions

Chapter Six. Racial Logic and the Contradictions of Exclusion

Chapter Seven. Sanitary Inspection in an Atlantic System

Chapter Eight. Health and Disability at the Port of Buenos Aires

Conclusion. The End of the Liberal Republic?

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4696-9538-3

1-4696-9537-5

OCLC:

1583182950