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Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America - Updated Edition
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Description

This book traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy--a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century. Mae Ngai offers a close reading of the legal regime of restriction that commenced in the 1920s--its statutory architecture, judicial genealogies, administrative enforcement, differential treatment of European and non-European migrants, and long-term effects. She shows that immigration restriction, particularly national-origin and numerical quotas, remapped America both by creating new categories of racial difference and by emphasizing as never before the nation's contiguous land borders and their patrol.

Author Biography:

Mae M. Ngai is professor of history and Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies at Columbia University. Her books include "The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America".
Release date Australia
April 27th, 2014
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Audiences
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
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  • Foreword by Mae M. Ngai
Edition
Revised edition
Illustrations
14 halftones. 3 line illus. 6 tables.
Pages
416
Dimensions
152x229x25
ISBN-13
9780691160825
Product ID
21743574

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