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Impossible subjects: illegal aliens and the making of modern America
Mae M. Ngai
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Frontmatter
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List of Figures and Illustrations (page xi)
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List of Tables (page xiii)
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Acknowledgments (page xv)
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Note on Language and Terminology (page xix)
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Introduction Illegal Aliens: A Problem of Law and History (page 1)
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PART I: THE REGIME OF QUOTAS AND PAPERS (page 15)
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One: The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 and the Reconstruction of Race in Immigration Law (page 21)
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Two: Deportation Policy and the Making and Unmaking of Illegal Aliens (page 56)
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PART II: MIGRANTS AT THE MARGINS OF LAW AND NATION (page 91)
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Three: From Colonial Subject to Undesirable Alien: Filipino Migration in the Invisible Empire (page 96)
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Four: Braceros, "Wetbacks," and the National Boundaries of Class (page 127)
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PART III: WAR, NATIONALISM, AND ALIEN CITIZENSHIP (page 167)
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Five: The World War II Internment of Japanese Americans and the Citizenship Renunciation Cases (page 175)
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Six: The Cold War Chinese Immigration Crisis and the Confession Cases (page 202)
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PART IV: PLURALISM AND NATIONALISM IN POST-WORLD WAR II IMMIGRATION REFORM (page 225)
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Seven: The Liberal Critique and Reform of Immigration Policy (page 227)
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Epilogue (page 265)
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Appendix (page 271)
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Notes (page 275)
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Archival and Other Primary Sources (page 357)
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Index (page 369)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JAAS | 9.2 (Jun. 2006): 205-206 | https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_asian_american_studies/v009/9.2ngal.html |
RAH | 33.4 (Dec. 2005): 553-560 | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/reviews_in_american_history/v033/33.4sterne.html |
JSocH | 38.4 (Summer 2005): 1120-1123 | https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_social_history/v038/38.4montgomery.html |
AQ | 57.2 (Jun. 2005): 533-540 | https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_quarterly/v057/57.2gabaccia.html |
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Published: c2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
- 9781400850235 (ebook)
- 9780691074719 (hardcover)
- 9780691124292 (paper)