| Description |
xi, 324 pages ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Mapping racisms
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Mapping racisms.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-316) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Defining America. The Western European new world and the new Americans ; The undesirable Asian ; "Translate this": the 1917 literacy law ; The xenophobic 1920s. -- Pt. II. Redefining America. The 1952 act: excluding communists, homosexuals, and other undesirables ; 1965 to 1990: from discriminatory quotas to discriminatory diversity visas. -- Pt. III. Defining Mexicans as non-Americans. Politicizing the Southwest border ; Patrolling the border and sweeping for Mexicans ; IRCA: penalizing employers, as amnesty barely survives ; The dark side of modern-day enforcement: Operation Gatekeeper. -- Pt. IV. Deporting and barring non-Americans. Removal ; The politics of asylum. -- Epilogue: Two Americas. |
| Subject |
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History.
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United States. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Government policy. |
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History. |
| ISBN |
1592132332 paperback alkaline paper |
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1592132324 alkaline paper |
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