Students of US politics will welcome this synthetic treatment of Americanization, racialist thought and citizenship in the 1910s and 1920s. Among the most thorough accounts in existence of the 1924 immigration legislation, Making Americans has much to suggest about current debates over multiculturalism, their deep roots in early 20th century diversity-in-the-making, and Progressive-Era constructions of and resistance to difference.
Title: Making Americans: Immigration, Race and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy
ISBN Number: 0674000889
ISBN-13: 9780674000889
Location Published: Harvard: 2000
Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Size: 388 pages
Categories: Historical Studies, Literature
Seller ID: 0674000889
Keywords: american life racism immigration
