Guarding the golden door : American immigration policy and immigrants since 1882 / Roger Daniels

Publication | Library Call Number: JV6483 .D354 2004

Format: Book
Author/Creator: Daniels, Roger.
Published: New York : Hill and Wang, c2004
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-316) and index
Language: English
External Link: Publisher description
Table of contents
Edition: 1st ed

Physical Description: xii, 328 p. ; 24 cm
Contents: 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.
ISBN: 0809053438
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-316) and index.
Subjects: Immigrants--Government policy--United States--History.
Immigrants--United States--History.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History.
United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
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