A Nation by Design
Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America
Published on 15. December 2008
672 pages
978-0-674-04546-0 (ISBN)
Description
Zolberg explores American immigration policy as a tool of nation building from the colonial period to the present. His book shows how America has struggled to shape the immigration process to construct the kind of population it desires.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-04546-0 (9780674045460)
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09/2008
Harvard University Press
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Person
Aristide R. Zolberg is Walter Eberstadt Professor of Political Science at the New School for Social Research.
Content
1 Themes and Perspectives 2 From Empie to Republic 24 3 A quisitive Upstart a5 4 The American System 99 5 Tocqueville's Footnoe 25 6 Sewards Other Folies 166 7 "An Intelligent and Effective Restriction" 199 8 A Naion Like the Others 243 9 The Ambiguities of Reform 293 10 The Elusive Quest for Coherence t33 11 Why the Gates Were Not Shut 382 Conclusion: National Design in a Globalizing World 32 Appendix: Immigration Graphs 461
