- Summary
- 'A Nation by Design' is a thorough, authoritative account of American immigration history and the political and social factors that brought it about. It shows how America has struggled to shape the immigration process to construct the kind of population it desires.
- Variant Title
- Immigration policy in the fashioning of America
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Zolberg, Aristide R.
- Published
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2008
- Locale
- United States
- Contents
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Themes and perspectives
From empire to republic
An acquisitive upstart
American system
Tocqueville's footnote
Seward's other follies
"An intelligent and effective restriction"
A nation like the others
Ambiguities of reform
Elusive quest for coherence
Why the gates were not shut
Conclusion: National design in a globalizing world
Appendix: Immigration graphs.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Russell Sage Foundation.
- Notes
-
Originally published as hbk.: ©2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Themes and perspectives -- From empire to republic -- An acquisitive upstart -- American system -- Tocqueville's footnote -- Seward's other follies -- "An intelligent and effective restriction" -- A nation like the others -- Ambiguities of reform -- Elusive quest for coherence -- Why the gates were not shut -- Conclusion: National design in a globalizing world -- Appendix: Immigration graphs.
