Making americans: immigration, race, and the origins of the diverse democracy
Auteur :
King, Desmond
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674008120
Date de publication :
15 juin 2002
Dimensions :
22,7 x 14,4 cm
Poids :
562 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.