Impossible subjects : illegal aliens and the making of modern America / Mae M. Ngai.

Title
  1. Impossible subjects : illegal aliens and the making of modern America / Mae M. Ngai.
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  1. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Author
  1. Ngai, Mae M.

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Description
  1. xx, 377 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "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."--
Series statement
  1. Politics and society in twentieth-century America
Uniform title
  1. Politics and society in twentieth-century America
Subject
  1. Universidad Sergio Arboleda
  2. Citizenship > United States > History
  3. Emigration and immigration law > United States > History
  4. Noncitizens > United States > History
  5. Illegal immigration > United States > History
  6. Noncitizens
  7. Undocumented Immigrants
  8. Émigration et immigration > Droit > Histoire. > États-Unis
  9. Immigrants clandestins > États-Unis > Histoire
  10. Nationalité > États-Unis > Histoire
  11. Immigration clandestine > États-Unis > Histoire
  12. Immigrants clandestins
  13. 15.85 history of America
  14. Illegal immigration
  15. Citizenship
  16. Emigration and immigration law
  17. Gesetz
  18. Illegaler Einwanderer
  19. Illegale buitenlanders
  20. Immigranten
  21. United States
  22. USA
  23. United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century
Genre/Form
  1. History
Contents
  1. Note on language and terminology -- Introduction: Illegal aliens : a problem of law and history -- pt. 1. The regime of quotas and papers: 1. The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 and the reconstruction of race in immigration law ; 2. Deportation policy and the making and unmaking of illegal aliens -- pt. 2. Migrants at the margins of law and nation: 3. From Colonial subject to undesirable alien : Filipino migration in the invisible empire ; 4. Braceros, "wetbacks," and the national boundaries of class -- pt. 3. War, nationalism, and alien citizenship: 5. The World War II internment of Japanese Americans and the citizenship renunciation cases ; 6. The Cold War Chinese immigration crisis and the confession cases -- pt. 4. Pluralism and nationalism in post-World War II immigration reform: 7. The liberal critique and reform of immigration policy -- Epilogue -- Appendix.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-368) and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain
Awards (note)
  1. Award: Frederick Jackson Turner Award, 2005