Skip to content
Catalog
You are not logged in |Login  
Add to My Lists Add to Bag MARC Display Return to Browse More Information
     
Limit search to available items
Record 2 of 2
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author King, Desmond S.

Title Making Americans : immigration, race, and the origins of the diverse democracy / Desmond King.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  323.6 K52M    Check Shelf
Description x, 388 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-376) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Immigration and American political development -- A less intelligent class? The Dillingham Commission and the new immigrants -- "The fire of patriotism" : Americanization and U.S. identity -- "Frequent skimmings of the dross" : building an American race? -- "A very serious national menace" : eugenics and immigration -- Enacting national origins : the Johnson-Reed immigration act (1924) -- "A slur on our citizenry" : dismantling national origins : the 1965 act -- After Americanization : ethnic politics and multiculturalism -- The diverse democracy.
Subject United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History.
United States -- Race relations -- History.
ISBN 0674000889
-->
Permanent Link
Add a Review

 

Library Links

Encore

Search Tools

Language Settings

English
Español