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Impossible subjects : illegal aliens and the making of modern America / Mae M. Ngai.
- Title
- Impossible subjects : illegal aliens and the making of modern America / Mae M. Ngai.
- Author
- Ngai, Mae M.
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
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Details
- Description
- xx, 377 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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."--
- Series Statement
- Politics and society in twentieth-century America
- Uniform Title
- Politics and society in twentieth-century America
- Subjects
- United States
- Citizenship
- Emigration and immigration law
- Noncitizens
- Illegal immigration
- History
- Citizenship > United States > History
- Emigration and immigration law > United States > History
- Noncitizens > United States > History
- Illegal immigration > United States > History
- Undocumented Immigrants
- Émigration et immigration > Droit > États-Unis > Histoire
- Immigrants clandestins > États-Unis > Histoire
- Nationalité > États-Unis > Histoire
- Immigration clandestine > États-Unis > Histoire
- 15.85 history of America
- Gesetz
- Illegaler Einwanderer
- Illegale buitenlanders
- Immigranten
- USA
- Universidad Sergio Arboleda
- United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-368) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Awards (note)
- Award: Frederick Jackson Turner Award, 2005
- Contents
- Note on language and terminology -- Introduction: Illegal aliens : a problem of law and history -- pt. 1. The regime of quotas and papers: 1. The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 and the reconstruction of race in immigration law ; 2. Deportation policy and the making and unmaking of illegal aliens -- pt. 2. Migrants at the margins of law and nation: 3. From Colonial subject to undesirable alien : Filipino migration in the invisible empire ; 4. Braceros, "wetbacks," and the national boundaries of class -- pt. 3. War, nationalism, and alien citizenship: 5. The World War II internment of Japanese Americans and the citizenship renunciation cases ; 6. The Cold War Chinese immigration crisis and the confession cases -- pt. 4. Pluralism and nationalism in post-World War II immigration reform: 7. The liberal critique and reform of immigration policy -- Epilogue -- Appendix.
- ISBN
- 0691074712
- 0691124299
- 9780691074719
- 9780691124292
- 1299708803 (canceled/invalid)
- 1306513723 (canceled/invalid)
- 1400843626 (canceled/invalid)
- 1400850231 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781299708808 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781306513722 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781400843626 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781400850235 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2003044486
- 9780691124292
- OCLC
- 51726775
- SCSB-9956948
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library