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Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Ten Years of People's Resistance to the Walter-McCarran Law, 1950-1960
Author: Conference Journal
Author: Los Angeles Committee for Protection of Foreign BornPublisher:
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Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Author: Gabriel J. ChinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107084113
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
This is the first book on the landmark 1965 Immigration Act, which ended race-based immigration quotas and reshaped American demographics.
National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Intelligence Revolution 1960
Author: Ingard ClausenPublisher:
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Category : Astronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Overview: Provides a history of the Corona Satellite photo reconnaissance Program. It was a joint Central Intelligence Agency and United States Air Force program in the 1960s. It was then highly classified.
The Good Immigrants
Author: Madeline Yuan-yin HsuPublisher: Princeton University
ISBN: 9780691164021
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Conventionally, US immigration history has been understood through the lens of restriction and those who have been barred from getting in. In contrast, The Good Immigrants considers immigration from the perspective of Chinese elites-intellectuals, businessmen, and students-who gained entrance because of immigration exemptions. Exploring a century of Chinese migrations, Madeline Hsu looks at how the model minority characteristics of many Asian Americans resulted from US policies that screened for those with the highest credentials in the most employable fields, enhancing American economic competitiveness.The earliest US immigration restrictions targeted Chinese people but exempted students as well as individuals who might extend America's influence in China. Western-educated Chinese such as Madame Chiang Kai-shek became symbols of the US impact on China, even as they patriotically advocated for China's modernization. World War II and the rise of communism transformed Chinese students abroad into refugees, and the Cold War magnified the importance of their talent and training. As a result, Congress legislated piecemeal legal measures to enable Chinese of good standing with professional skills to become citizens. Pressures mounted to reform American discriminatory immigration laws, culminating with the 1965 Immigration Act.Filled with narratives featuring such renowned Chinese immigrants as I. M. Pei, The Good Immigrants examines the shifts in immigration laws and perceptions of cultural traits that enabled Asians to remain in the United States as exemplary, productive Americans.
The Refugee Relief Act of 1953
Author: Frank Ludwig AuerbachPublisher:
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Category : Emigration and immigration law
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
Author: Stephan ThernstromPublisher: Belknap Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
Book Description
This comprehensive work details the specifics on over 100 ethnic groups and presents comparative or thematic treatments of another 30 topics related to immigration and identity maintenance.
A Nation by Design
Author: Aristide R. ZOLBERGPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674045467
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 669
Book Description
According to the national mythology, the United States has long opened its doors to people from across the globe, providing a port in a storm and opportunity for any who seek it. Yet the history of immigration to the United States is far different. Even before the xenophobic reaction against European and Asian immigrants in the late nineteenth century, social and economic interest groups worked to manipulate immigration policy to serve their needs. In A Nation by Design, Aristide Zolberg explores American immigration policy from the colonial period to the present, discussing how it has been used as a tool of nation building. A Nation by Design argues that the engineering of immigration policy has been prevalent since early American history. However, it has gone largely unnoticed since it took place primarily on the local and state levels, owing to constitutional limits on federal power during the slavery era. Zolberg profiles the vacillating currents of opinion on immigration throughout American history, examining separately the roles played by business interests, labor unions, ethnic lobbies, and nativist ideologues in shaping policy. He then examines how three different types of migration--legal migration, illegal migration to fill low-wage jobs, and asylum-seeking--are shaping contemporary arguments over immigration to the United States. A Nation by Design is a thorough, authoritative account of American immigration history and the political and social factors that brought it about. With rich detail and impeccable scholarship, Zolberg's book shows how America has struggled to shape the immigration process to construct the kind of population it desires.
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