Guarding the golden door : American immigration policy and immigrants since 1882
Print Book, English, 2005, ©2004
1st paperback ed View all formats and editions
Hill and Wang, New York, 2005, ©2004
History
xii, 328 pages ; 24 cm
9780809053445, 0809053446
1014278615
The beginnings of immigration restriction, 1882-1917
The 1920s : the triumph of the old nativism
No new deal for immigration
World War II and after : the barriers begin to drop
Admitting displaced persons : 1946-1950
The Cold war and immigration
Lyndon Johnson and the end of the quota system
Immigrants from other worlds : Asians
Immigrants from other worlds : Latinos
Refugees and human rights : Cubans, Southeast Asians, and others
Immigration reform : myths and realities
"Controlling our borders " : struggles over immigration policy
Immigration after 9/11