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Author:

Daniels, Roger.

Title:

Guarding the golden door : American immigration policy and immigrants since 1882 / Roger Daniels.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Hill and Wang,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xii, 328 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Immigrants--History.--United States--History.
Immigrants--United States--History.
United States--History.--Government policy--History.
United States--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-316) and index.

Contents:

The beginnings of immigration restriction, 1882-1917 -- The 1920s : the triumph of the old nativism -- No new deal for immigration -- World War II and after : the barriers begin to drop -- Admitting displaced persons : 1946-1950 -- The Cold war and immigration -- Lyndon Johnson and the end of the quota system -- Immigrants from other worlds : Asians -- Immigrants from other worlds : Latinos -- Refugees and human rights : Cubans, Southeast Asians, and others -- Immigration reform : myths and realities -- "Controlling our borders" : struggles over immigration policy -- Immigration after 9/11.

ISBN:

9780809053438 (alk. paper)
0809053438 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52001965

LCCN:

2003007714

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