Walls Within - The Politics of Immigration in Modern America

Summary

A history of the battles over US immigrants' rights since 1965-and how these conflicts reshaped access to education, employment, civil liberties, and moreThe 1965 Hart-Celler Act transformed the American immigration system by abolishing national quotas in favor of a seemingly egalitarian approach. But subsequent demographic shifts resulted in a

Product details

• Authors: Professor Sarah R. Coleman, Sarah R. Coleman
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.03.2021
• EAN: 9780691180281
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18028-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Politics and Society in Modern America
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, LAW / Emigration & Immigration, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, immigration law, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, History of the Americas, Central government policies