Culling the Masses: The Democratic Origins of Racist Immigration Policy in the Americas

David Scott FitzGerald; David Cook-Martín

Published by Harvard University Press 2014

Culling the Masses

The Democratic Origins of Racist Immigration Policy in the Americas

David Scott FitzGerald and David Cook-Martín
With contributions by: Angela S. García

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674369665

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About this book

Culling the Masses questions the view that democracy and racism cannot coexist. Based on records from 22 countries 1790-2010, it offers a history of the rise and fall of racial selection in the Western Hemisphere, showing that democracies were first to select immigrants by race, and undemocratic states first to outlaw discrimination.

Author / Editor information

FitzGerald David Scott :

David Scott FitzGerald is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.Cook-Martín David :

David Cook-Martín is Associate Professor of Sociology at Grinnell College.

Reviews

Culling the Masses is a book of impressive analytical and empirical scope. It consists of truly comparative cross-national research and analysis, examining immigration politics and policy in no fewer than six countries in the Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States. It asks important questions about the troubling relationship between racism and democracy. Specifically, it addresses two significant puzzles: why did immigration policy come under the spell of eugenics in the first decades of the twentieth century—and how did an anti-racist turn emerge in later decades, first in the weaker and more authoritarian nations of the Americas before finding its way to the stronger and more liberal-democratic regimes, Canada and the United States? A must read for anyone interested in race, immigration, and democratization.
-- Daniel J. Tichenor, University of Oregon

The first book to offer a truly hemispheric and historical perspective on immigration policy. It also offers a high level of analytical integration. It is impressively and delightfully erudite, written with elegance, and argued with both subtlety and vigor.
-- José C. Moya, Barnard College of Columbia University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Organizational Landscape From Eugenics to Anti- Racism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
3. The United States Paragon of Liberal Democracy and Racism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
4. Canada Between Neighbor and Empire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
5. Cuba Whitening an Island Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
6. Mexico Selecting Those Who Never Came Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
7. Brazil Selling the Myth of Racial Democracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
8. Argentina Crucible of European Nations? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Appendix: Ethnic Selection in Sixteen Countries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	483
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 511
Illustrations
- Other: 7 graphs, 8 tables

eBook

Published: April 22, 2014
ISBN: 9780674369665