Physical Description
xii, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction : Americans at the gate
"The age of the uprooted man" : the United States and refugees, 1900-1952
"A mystic maze of enforcement" : the refugee relief program
"From Hungary, new Americans" : the United States and Hungarian refugees
"Half a loaf" : the failure of refugee policy and law reform, 1957-1965
"They are proud people" : the United States and refugees from Cuba, 1959-1966
"The soul of our sense of nationhood" : human rights and refugees in the 1970s
Reform and retrenchment : the Refugee Act of 1980 and the Reagan administration's refugee policies
Epilogue : the United States and refugees after the Cold War.
ISBN
9780691123325
0691123322 (alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-256) and index.
Introduction : Americans at the gate -- "The age of the uprooted man" : the United States and refugees, 1900-1952 -- "A mystic maze of enforcement" : the refugee relief program -- "From Hungary, new Americans" : the United States and Hungarian refugees -- "Half a loaf" : the failure of refugee policy and law reform, 1957-1965 -- "They are proud people" : the United States and refugees from Cuba, 1959-1966 -- "The soul of our sense of nationhood" : human rights and refugees in the 1970s -- Reform and retrenchment : the Refugee Act of 1980 and the Reagan administration's refugee policies -- Epilogue : the United States and refugees after the Cold War.
