Making Americans : immigration, race, and the origins of the diverse democracy
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書誌事項
Making Americans : immigration, race, and the origins of the diverse democracy
Harvard University Press, 2000
- : pbk
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
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ISBN 9780674000889
内容説明
In the 19th century, virtually anyone could get into the United Sates. But by the 1920s, US immigration policy had become a finely filtered regime of selection. Desmond King looks at this dramatic shift, and the debates behind it, for what they reveal about the construction of an "American" identity. Specifically, the debates in the three decades leading up to 1929 were conceived in terms of desirable versus undesirable immigrants. This not only cemented judgements about specific European groups but reinforced prevailing biases against groups already present in the United States, particularly African Americans, whose inferior status and second-class citizenship - enshrined in Jim Crow laws and embedded in pseudo-scientific arguments about racial classifications - appear to have been consolidated in these decades, Although the values of different groups have always been recognised in the United States, King gives the most thorough account yet of how eugenic arguments were used to establish barriers and to favour an Anglo-Saxon conception of American identity, rejecting claims of other traditions. thus the immigration controversy emerges here as a significant precursor to recent multicultural debates.
This book shows how the choices made about immigration policy in the 1920s played a fundamental role in shaping democracy and ideas about group rights in America.
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: pbk ISBN 9780674008120
内容説明
In the nineteenth century, virtually anyone could get into the United States. But by the 1920s, U.S. immigration policy had become a finely filtered regime of selection. Desmond King looks at this dramatic shift, and the debates behind it, for what they reveal about the construction of an "American" identity.
Specifically, the debates in the three decades leading up to 1929 were conceived in terms of desirable versus undesirable immigrants. This not only cemented judgments about specific European groups but reinforced prevailing biases against groups already present in the United States, particularly African Americans, whose inferior status and second-class citizenship--enshrined in Jim Crow laws and embedded in pseudo-scientific arguments about racial classifications--appear to have been consolidated in these decades. Although the values of different groups have always been recognized in the United States, King gives the most thorough account yet of how eugenic arguments were used to establish barriers and to favor an Anglo-Saxon conception of American identity, rejecting claims of other traditions. Thus the immigration controversy emerges here as a significant precursor to recent multicultural debates.
Making Americans shows how the choices made about immigration policy in the 1920s played a fundamental role in shaping democracy and ideas about group rights in America.
目次
Introduction I. Immigrant America Immigration and American Political Development A Less Intelligent Class? The Dillingham Commission and the New Immigrants II. Defining Americans "The Fire of Patriotism": Americanization and U.S. Identity "Frequent Skimmings of the Dross": Building an American Race? "A Very Serious National Menace": Eugenics and Immigration III. Legislating Americans Enacting National Origins: The Johnson-Reed Immigration Act (1924) "A Slur on Our Citizenry": Dismantling National Origins: The 1965 Act IV. Legacies After Americanization: Ethnic Politics and Multiculturalism The Diverse Democracy Appendix Notes Index
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