Impossible subjects : illegal aliens and the making of modern America / Mae M. Ngai.
- Title
- Impossible subjects : illegal aliens and the making of modern America / Mae M. Ngai.
- Published by
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xx, 377 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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
- Politics and society in twentieth-century America
- Uniform title
- Politics and society in twentieth-century America
- Subject
- Universidad Sergio Arboleda
- Citizenship > United States > History
- Emigration and immigration law > United States > History
- Noncitizens > United States > History
- Illegal immigration > United States > History
- Noncitizens
- Undocumented Immigrants
- Émigration et immigration > Droit > Histoire. > États-Unis
- Immigrants clandestins > États-Unis > Histoire
- Nationalité > États-Unis > Histoire
- Immigration clandestine > États-Unis > Histoire
- Immigrants clandestins
- 15.85 history of America
- Illegal immigration
- Citizenship
- Emigration and immigration law
- Gesetz
- Illegaler Einwanderer
- Illegale buitenlanders
- Immigranten
- United States
- USA
- United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- History
- Contents
- 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
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-368) and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain
- Awards (note)
- Award: Frederick Jackson Turner Award, 2005