ISBN:
9781444391657
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (1295 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History Ser.
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.8/73
Keywords:
United States - Emigration and immigration
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Reed Ueda is Professor of History at Tufts University. He is the author of Postwar Immigrant America: A Social History (1994).
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I: Policy and Politics -- Chapter One: A Nation of Immigrants and a Gatekeeping Nation: American Immigration Law and Policy -- Definitions and Major Directions -- Building America's Gates: 1875-1930s -- Half-Open Gates, 1924-65 -- Continuity and Change: Post-1965 Immigration Law -- Conclusion: A Global Era of Immigration Policy -- References -- Chapter Two: Naturalization and Nationality -- Boundary Control: Naturalization Laws, Nationality and Becoming American -- Who Naturalizes? Understanding Immigrants' Acquisition of US Citizenship -- Gender and Citizenship -- The Role of Residence on Naturalization -- Diversity, Culture and American Nationhood -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Three: Immigration and Ethnic Politics -- The Party Period -- The Rise of Interest Group Politics -- The Multicultural Era -- References -- Chapter Four: Immigrant Transnationals and US Foreign Relations -- Case Studies -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Five: Bodies from Abroad: Immigration, Health, and Disease -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter Six: The Politics of Immigration and the Rise of the Migration State: Comparative and Historical Perspectives -- Introduction -- The Political Aspect of Immigration -- The Rise of Rights-Based Politics -- The Rise of the Migration State -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Ethnicity, Race, and Nation -- Chapter Seven: Ethnic and Racial Identity -- References -- Chapter Eight: Nativism and Prejudice Against Immigrants -- References -- Chapter Nine: Assimilation and American National Identity -- The Relationship Between National Identity and Assimilation -- What is Assimilation? -- The Relationship Between the Problematic Nature of American National Identity and Assimilation.
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