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Media type:
Book
Title:
Guarding the golden door
:
American immigration policy and immigrants since 1882
Contains:
The beginnings of immigration restriction, 1882-1917 -- The 1920s : the triumph of the old nativism -- No new deal for immigration -- World War II and after : the barriers begin to drop -- Admitting displaced persons : 1946-1950 -- The Cold war and immigration -- Lyndon Johnson and the end of the quota system -- Immigrants from other worlds : Asians -- Immigrants from other worlds : Latinos -- Refugees and human rights : Cubans, Southeast Asians, and others -- Immigration reform : myths and realities -- "Controlling our borders " : struggles over immigration policy -- Immigration after 9/11.
Description:
The federal government's efforts to pick and choose among the multitude of immigrants seeking to enter the United States began with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Conceived in ignorance and falsely presented to the public, it had undreamt of consequences, and this pattern has been rarely deviated from since. As renowned historian Roger Daniels shows in this brilliant new work, America's inconsistent, often illogical, and always cumbersome immigration policy has profoundly affected our recent past