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Informationen zum Autor Kristofer Allerfeldt is a Fellow in the Department of History! University of Exeter! and specialist in modern American history. Klappentext This book takes a close look at the connection between the results of the Paris Peace Conference and the Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924. Kristofer Allerfeldt identifies the threads of nativism! anti-Bolshevism! self-determination and fear that ran through America's participation in the Paris Peace Conference and then manifested themselves openly through the Immigration Acts. He taps into the early twentieth century American psyche to explore the rationalization for the extreme policies of isolationism that so characterized the inter-war years in the United States. Uncovers the human history underlying the state actions on immigration. This book takes a look at the connection between the results of the Paris Peace Conference and the Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924, and offers a perspective on early twentieth century American-European relations. Zusammenfassung Uncovers the human history underlying the state actions on immigration. This book takes a look at the connection between the results of the Paris Peace Conference and the Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924, and offers a perspective on early twentieth century American-European relations.
