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Unwanted Italian and Jewish Mobilization against Restrictive Immigration Laws, 1882–1965
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Unwanted [electronic resource] : Italian and Jewish Mobilization against Restrictive Immigration Laws, 1882–1965 / Maddalena Marinari.
ISBN
1469652951
9781469652955
9781469652924 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781469652931 (pbk : alk. paper)
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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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 and related titles
Project MUSE - 2019 Complete.
Project MUSE - 2019 Jewish Studies.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 03, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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?
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