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Author:

Bavery, Ashley Johnson, author.

Title:

Bootlegged aliens : immigration politics on America's northern border / Ashley Johnson Bavery.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

viii, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Immigrants--History--United States--History--20th century.
Immigrants--Detroit--Detroit--History--20th century.
Illegal aliens--Detroit--Detroit--History--20th century.
Automobile industry workers--History--Detroit--Detroit--History--20th century.
United States--History--Government policy--History--20th century.
Detroit (Mich.)--History--Government policy--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.
Canada--History--Government policy--History--20th century.
Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
Ethnic relations.
Illegal aliens.
Immigrants.
Immigrants--Government policy.
Canada.
Michigan--Detroit.
United States.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"This book is about immigration to the United States from Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. The immigrants in this immigration stream are from Europe. The book takes as its case study Detroit and the Detroit-Windsor border. Many of the dynamics, problems, and solutions regarding immigration that exist today for the United States are visible in this earlier immigration"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Politics and culture in modern America

ISBN:

0812252438
9780812252439

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1134460898

LCCN:

2019054907

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)