Nation by Design Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America

Name: Nation by Design Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America
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ISBN: 9780674030749

ISBN-10: 0674030745

ISBN-13: 9780674030749

Edition: 2006

Authors: Aristide R. Zolberg

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According to the national mythology, the United States has long opened its doors to people from across the globe, providing a port in a storm and opportunity for any who seek it. Yet the history of immigration to the United States is far different. Even before the xenophobic reaction against European and Asian immigrants in the late nineteenth century, social and economic interest groups worked to manipulate immigration policy to serve their needs. In A Nation by Design, Aristide Zolberg explores American immigration policy from the colonial period to the present, discussing how it has been used as a tool of nation building. A Nation by Design argues that the engineering of immigration…

Book details

List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 12/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 6.37" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Themes and Perspectives



From Empire to Republic



An Acquisitive Upstart



The American System



Tocqueville's Footnote



Seward's Other Follies



"An Intelligent and Effective Restriction"



A Nation Like the Others



The Ambiguities of Reform



The Elusive Quest for Coherence



Why the Gates Were Not Shut


Conclusion: National Design in a Globalizing World



Immigration Graphs


Abbreviations


Notes


Index