- Summary
- "This book traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy - a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century."--Jacket.
- Series
- Politics and society in twentieth-century America
Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Ngai, Mae M.
- Published
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2004]
©2004
- Locale
- United States
États-Unis
USA
- Contents
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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. Regime of quotas and papers
1. 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. World War II internment of Japanese Americans and the citizenship renunciation cases
6. Cold War Chinese immigration crisis and the confession cases
pt. 4. Pluralism and nationalism in post-World War II immigration reform
7. Liberal critique and reform of immigration policy
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Archival and other primary sources
Index.
- 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. Regime of quotas and papers -- 1. 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. World War II internment of Japanese Americans and the citizenship renunciation cases -- 6. Cold War Chinese immigration crisis and the confession cases -- pt. 4. Pluralism and nationalism in post-World War II immigration reform -- 7. Liberal critique and reform of immigration policy -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Archival and other primary sources -- Index.
Award: Frederick Jackson Turner Award, 2005.
