Making Americans : immigration, race, and the origins of the diverse democracy / Desmond King

Author(s): King, Desmond S
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Subjects: United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History
United States--Race relations--History
Formats: Print
Material Type: Books
Language: English
Audience: Unspecified
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000
LC Classification: J, JV
Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 1
I. Immigrant America
2. Immigration and American Political Development 11
3. A Less Intelligent Class? The Dillingham Commission and the New Immigrants 50
II. Defining Americans
4. "The Fire of Patriotism": Americanization and U.S. Identity 85
5. "Frequent Skimmings of the Dross": Building an American Race? 127
6. "A Very Serious National Menace": Eugenics and Immigration 166
III. Legislating Americans
7. Enacting National Origins: The Johnson-Reed Immigration Act (1924) 199
8. "A Slur on Our Citizenry": Dismantling National Origins: The 1965 Act 229
IV. Legacies
9. After Americanization: Ethnic Politics and Multiculturalism 257
10. The Diverse Democracy 278
Appendix 293
Notes 299
Index 377
Notes: LCCN: 99087546
ISBN: 0674000889
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-376) and index
Physical Description: x, 388 p. ; 25 cm
OCLC Number: 43167950
ISBN/ISSN: 0674000889

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