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02782aam a2200373 i 4500 001 BEC515AE9B8811ECA2E7EC974EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220304010014 008 211020s2022 nyuad b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021034885 020 $a 0190088192 020 $a 9780190088194 035 $a (OCoLC)1281786413 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d NYP $d JQW $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 082 00 $a 305.9/069120973 $2 23/eng/20211026 100 1 $a Kane, Tim, $e author. 245 14 $a The immigrant superpower : $b how brains, brawn, and bravery make America stronger / $c Tim Kane. 246 30 $a How brains, brawn, and bravery make America stronger 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xiii, 284 pages : $b illustrations, charts ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "One century ago, in 1921, as the American colossus was emerging on the world stage, a populist backlash against foreign immigration was reinforced by fears of a global pandemic known as the Spanish flu. The backlash was bipartisan, and "emergency" legislation passed the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly. That decision was strategically myopic, undercutting the source of America's surprisingly sudden strength. Indeed, immigrants and the sons of immigrants filled the ranks of the victorious U.S. Army coming home from Europe after World War One, and it was the sons of immigrants who would fill the ranks in World War Two as well. Only during the Cold War era did America's leaders realize that its isolationist immigration laws were harmful. In 2021, the U.S. is stronger than ever on the world stage, yet ironically finds itself in a situation that mirrors that of 1921: populism combined with a global pandemic. Even as Joe Biden's Democratic Party takes over the reins of the federal government, limits on foreign travel are more extreme than ever. Whole countries are all but blockaded, and the emergency justification for keeping out potentially diseased foreigners in the Covid era will be hard to overcome. People, even enlightened voters in great democracies, are not very good at measuring short-term gains against long-term costs"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Immigrants $z United States $x Social conditions $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Emigration and immigration $x Economic aspects. 650 0 $a Emigration and immigration $x Political aspects. 650 0 $a Epidemics $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220304010125.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BEC515AE9B8811ECA2E7EC974EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search