Impossible Subjects Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America

Name: Impossible Subjects Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America
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ISBN: 9780691124292

ISBN-10: 0691124299

ISBN-13: 9780691124292

Edition: 2003

Authors: Mae M. Ngai

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'Illegal Aliens and Alien Citizens' traces the origins of the 'illegal alien' in American law and society. It explains why and how illegal migration became the central problem in US immigration policy.

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/28/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 2.48" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Figures and Illustrations


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Note on Language and Terminology


Introduction Illegal Aliens: A Problem of Law and History



The Regime of Quotas and Papers 15



The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 and the Reconstruction of Race in Immigration Law



Deportation Policy and the Making and Unmaking of Illegal Aliens



Migrants at the Margins of Law and Nation



From Colonial Subject to Undesirable Alien: Filipino Migration in the Invisible Empire



Braceros, "Wetbacks," and the National Boundaries of Class



War, Nationalism, and Alien Citizenship



The World War II Internment of Japanese Americans and the Citizenship Renunciation Cases



The Cold War Chinese Immigration Crisis and the Confession Cases



Pluralism and Nationalism in Post-World War Ii Immigration Reform



The Liberal Critique and Reform of Immigration Policy


Epilogue


Appendix


Notes


Archival and Other Primary Sources


Index