Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America - Updated Edition - Paperback
by Mae M. Ngai
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mae M. Ngai, Mae M. Ngai (Foreword by)Series:Politics and Society in Modern America #105Publish date:2014-04-27Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691160825ISBN-10:691160821UPC:9780691160825Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Emigration & Immigration, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.20 x 6.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCHTEBWDGZ
Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America - Updated Edition
This book traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy--a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century. Mae Ngai offers a close reading of the legal regime of restriction that commenced in the...
Series: Politics and Society in Modern America #105
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691160825ISBN-10:691160821UPC:9780691160825Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Emigration & Immigration, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.20 x 6.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCHTEBWDGZ
Mae M. Ngai is professor of history and Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies at Columbia University. Her books include The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America.
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