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Not fit for our society : Immigration and nativism in America

Peter Schrag (Author)
Provides essential background for understanding the fractious debate over immigration. Covering the earliest days of the Republic to current events, this title sets the modern immigration controversy within the context of three centuries of debate over the same questions about who exactly is fit for citizenship.
Print Book, English, 2011
University of California Press, CA, 2011
320 Seiten ; 22 x 15 x 2 cm
9780520269910, 0520269918
750398708
Contents Sources and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A City upon a Hill 2. "This Visible Act of Ingurgitation" 3. "Science" Makes Its Case 4. Preserving the Race 5. The Great Awhitening 6. "They Keep Coming" 7. A Border without Lines Epilogue Notes Index
Paperback. Trade paperback (US)