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Author Briggs, Vernon M.

Title Mass immigration and the national interest : policy directions for the new century / Vernon M. Briggs, Jr.

Publication Info. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2003]
©2003

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  325.73 B854M    Check Shelf
Edition Third edition.
Description xiii, 328 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Labor and human resources series
Labor and human resources series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-313) and index.
Contents Introduction : the revival of mass immigration -- Immigration policy : a determinant of economic phenomena -- Citizenship and naturalization -- Prelude to mass immigration -- Creating a nonagricultural labor force : the "first wave" of mass immigration -- Expanding the urban labor force : the "second wave" of mass immigration -- Rapid industrialization expands the demand for labor : the "third wave" of mass immigration -- Reprieve: the cessation of mass immigration -- The redesign of immigration policy : replacing social goals with political goals -- Unexpected consequences : the revival of mass immigration -- Oversight : the economic and social transformation of the U.S. labor market -- The national interest : synchronization of immigration policy with economic circumstances -- Appendix A : Means by which selected nations grant citizenship -- Appendix B : The preference system created under the Immigration Act of 1965 -- Appendix C : The legal immigration system and its preference allocations that were in effect from 1980 to 1991.
Subject United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History.
Foreign workers -- United States -- History.
Labor market -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0765609339 alkaline paper
0765609347 paperback
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