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Zusatztext "This book is a superb introduction to the history of U.S. refugee politics and policy and an important contribution to American civic education." ---Karen Jacobsen, Journal of American Ethnic History Informationen zum Autor Carl J. Bon Tempo is assistant professor of history at the State University of New York at Albany. Klappentext "Bon Tempo's deft and compelling narrative works at the intersection of the domestic and the global to marvelously recast our understanding of post-1945 American attitudes and policies toward refugees. Looking beyond a more traditional Cold War frame! he convincingly explores how the overlapping and intertwined histories of anticommunism! race! electoral politics! the human rights movement! and the growing power of the American state shaped the always contingent U.S. commitment to refugees. This book is a model of the richness the international angle infuses into the study of American history."--Mark Bradley! University of Chicago "While refugee policies have been the subject of a number of books and articles in recent years! no one has done a thorough study before. Clearly written and detailed! Bon Tempo covers a great deal of ground. The research is impressive."--David M. Reimers! New York University Zusammenfassung Unlike the 1930s, when the United States tragically failed to open its doors to Europeans fleeing Nazism, the country admitted over three million refugees during the Cold War. This book explores the reasons behind the remarkable changes to American refugee policy, laws, and programs.
