Making Americans
Immigration, Race, and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy
Published on 1. July 2009
400 pages
978-0-674-03962-9 (ISBN)
Description
In the nineteenth century, virtually anyone could get into the United States. By the 1920s, however, U.S. immigration policy had become a finely filtered regime of selection. Desmond King looks at this dramatic shift, and the debates behind it, for what they reveal about the construction of an "American" identity.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-03962-9 (9780674039629)
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05/2000
Harvard University Press
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Person
Desmond King is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of American Government, and Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford University.
Content
Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Acknowledgments Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Part I. Immigrant America Chapter 2. Immigration and American Political Development Chapter 3. A Less Intelligent Class? The Dillingham Commission and the New Immigrants Part II. Defining Americans Chapter 4. "The Fire of Patriotism": Americanization and U.S. Identity Chapter 5. "Frequent Skimmings of the Dross": Building an American Race? Chapter 6. "A Very Serious National Menace": Eugenicsand Immigration Part III. Legislating Americans Chapter 7. Enacting National Origins: The Johnson-Reed Immigration Act (1924) Chapter 8 "A Slur on Our Citizenry": Dismantling National Origins: The 1965 Act Part IV. Legacies Chapter 9. After Americanization: Ethnic Politics and Multiculturalism Chapter 10. The Diverse Democracy Appendix Notes Index
