Immigration and the Politics of American Sovereignty, 1890-1990.

What does it mean to be an American? The United States defines itself by its legal freedoms; it cannot tell its citizens who to be. Nevertheless, where possible, it must separate citizen from alien. In so doing, it defines the desirable characteristics of its citizens in immigration policy, spelling...

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Language:English
Published: University of Michigan Press 2009.
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