by Desmond King (Author)
In the 19th century, virtually anyone could get into the US. But by the 1920s, US immigration policy had become a finely filtered regime of selection. This volume looks at this shift, and the debates behind it, for what they reveal about the construction of an "American" identity.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 07 Jun 2002
ISBN 10: 067400812X
ISBN 13: 9780674008120