Making Americans - Immigration, Race, and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy

In the nineteenth century, virtually anyone could get into the United States. But by the 1920s, U.S. immigration policy had become a finely filtered regime of selection. Desmond King looks at this dramatic shift, and the debates behind it, for what they reveal about the construction of an SAmericanS identity.

Sommario

Introduction I. Immigrant America Immigration and American Political Development A Less Intelligent Class? The Dillingham Commission and the New Immigrants II. Defining Americans "The Fire of Patriotism": Americanization and U.S. Identity "Frequent Skimmings of the Dross": Building an American Race? "A Very Serious National Menace": Eugenics and Immigration III. Legislating Americans Enacting National Origins: The Johnson-Reed Immigration Act (1924) "A Slur on Our Citizenry": Dismantling National Origins: The 1965 Act IV. Legacies After Americanization: Ethnic Politics and Multiculturalism The Diverse Democracy Appendix Notes Index

Info autore

Desmond King is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of American Government, and Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford University.

Riassunto

In the nineteenth century, virtually anyone could get into the United States. By the 1920s, however, U.S. immigration policy had become a finely filtered regime of selection. Desmond King looks at this dramatic shift, and the debates behind it, for what they reveal about the construction of an “American” identity.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Desmond King, King Desmond
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.06.2002
• EAN: 9780674008120
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00812-0
• Peso: 562 g
• Illustrazioni: 16 tables
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / United States / General, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations