Physical Description
xx, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents
List of figures and illustrations
List of tables
Acknowledgments
Note on language and terminology
Introduction : Illegal aliens : a problem of law and history
pt. 1. The regime of quotas and papers
1. The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 and the reconstruction of race in immigration law
2. Deportation policy and the making and unmaking of illegal aliens
pt. 2. Migrants at the margins of law and nation
3. From Colonial subject to undesirable alien : Filipino migration in the invisible empire
4. Braceros, "wetbacks," and the national boundaries of class
pt. 3. War, nationalism, and alien citizenship
5. The World War II internment of Japanese Americans and the citizenship renunciation cases
6. The Cold War Chinese immigration crisis and the confession cases
pt. 4. Pluralism and nationalism in post-World War II immigration reform
7. The liberal critique and reform of immigration policy
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Archival and other primary sources
Index.
ISBN
0691074712
9780691074719
0691124299
9780691124292
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-368) and index.
List of figures and illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on language and terminology -- Introduction : Illegal aliens : a problem of law and history -- pt. 1. The regime of quotas and papers -- 1. The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 and the reconstruction of race in immigration law -- 2. Deportation policy and the making and unmaking of illegal aliens -- pt. 2. Migrants at the margins of law and nation -- 3. From Colonial subject to undesirable alien : Filipino migration in the invisible empire -- 4. Braceros, "wetbacks," and the national boundaries of class -- pt. 3. War, nationalism, and alien citizenship -- 5. The World War II internment of Japanese Americans and the citizenship renunciation cases -- 6. The Cold War Chinese immigration crisis and the confession cases -- pt. 4. Pluralism and nationalism in post-World War II immigration reform -- 7. The liberal critique and reform of immigration policy -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Archival and other primary sources -- Index.
Award: Frederick Jackson Turner Award, 2005.
