ISBN:
9780520945777
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0520945778
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0520259785
,
9780520259782
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiii, 299 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Schrag, Peter Not fit for our society
DDC:
304.8
Keywords:
Emigration and immigration Social aspects
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Emigration and immigration Public opinion
;
Emigration and immigration Government policy
;
Nativism
;
Eugenics
;
Emigration and immigration Government policy
;
Emigration and immigration Social aspects
;
Emigration and immigration Public opinion
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Emigration & Immigration
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Emigration and immigration ; Government policy
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Emigration and immigration ; Public opinion
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Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects
;
Eugenics
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Nativism
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Electronic books
Abstract:
A city upon a hill -- "This visible act of ingurgitation" -- "Science" makes its case -- Preserving the race -- The great awhitening -- "They keep coming" -- A border without lines.
Abstract:
In a book of deep and telling ironies, Peter Schrag provides essential background for understanding the fractious debate over immigration. Covering the earliest days of the Republic to current events, Schrag sets the modern immigration controversy within the context of three centuries of debate over the same questions about who exactly is fit for citizenship. He finds that nativism has long colored our national history, and that the fear-and loathing-of newcomers has provided one of the faultlines of American cultural and political life. Schrag describes the eerie similarities between the race
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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