- Summary
- "This book is a ... study of how restrictionists and anti-restrictionists alike have influenced the process of immigration reform since the rise of a gate-keeping nation at the end of the nineteenth century. It provides a single ... story about how the dynamics of immigration reform have made the acceptance of restriction possible. Weaving together political, social, policy, and transnational history, the book examines how Italian and Jewish immigration reform advocates in the United States mobilized against restrictive immigration laws from 1882 to 1965 within a transnational framework"-- Provided by publisher.
- Variant Title
- Italian and Jewish mobilization against restrictive immigration laws, 1882-1965
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Marinari, Maddalena, author.
- Published
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
- Locale
- United States
- Contents
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The battle begins : World War I and the end of open immigration from Europe
The doors of America are worse than shut when they are half-way open : from the literacy test to the national origins quota system, 1920-1929
Almost as inaccessible as Tibet : mobilizing under restriction before World War II
International migration and one world : reframing the debate on immigration reform in a new era, 1945-1952
A thing of shreds and patches : challenging immigration reform from within, 1952-1960
Reform at last : a victory for whom?
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The battle begins : World War I and the end of open immigration from Europe -- The doors of America are worse than shut when they are half-way open : from the literacy test to the national origins quota system, 1920-1929 -- Almost as inaccessible as Tibet : mobilizing under restriction before World War II -- International migration and one world : reframing the debate on immigration reform in a new era, 1945-1952 -- A thing of shreds and patches : challenging immigration reform from within, 1952-1960 -- Reform at last : a victory for whom?
