Impossible Subjects,9780691074719

Impossible Subjects

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ISBN13: 9780691074719
ISBN10: 0691074712
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-12-01
Publisher(s): Princeton Univ Pr
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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.

Author Biography

Mae M. Ngai is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Chicago.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Illustrations xi
List of Tables xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Note on Language and Terminology xix
Introduction Illegal Aliens: A Problem of Law and History 1(14)
PART I: THE REGIME OF QUOTAS AND PAPERS 15(76)
One The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 and the Reconstruction of Race in Immigration Law
21(35)
Two Deportation Policy and the Making and Unmaking of Illegal Aliens
56(35)
PART II: MIGRANTS AT THE MARGINS OF LAW AND NATION 91(76)
Three From Colonial Subject to Undesirable Alien: Filipino Migration in the Invisible Empire
96(31)
Four Braceros, "Wetbacks," and the National Boundaries of Class
127(40)
PART III: WAR, NATIONALISM, AND ALIEN CITIZENSHIP 167(58)
Five The World War II Internment of Japanese Americans and the Citizenship Renunciation Cases
175(27)
Six The Cold War Chinese Immigration Crisis and the Confession Cases
202(23)
PART IV: PLURALISM AND NATIONALISM IN POST-WORLD WAR II IMMIGRATION REFORM 225(40)
Seven The Liberal Critique and Reform of Immigration Policy
227(38)
Epilogue 265(6)
Appendix 271(4)
Notes 275(82)
Archival and Other Primary Sources 357(12)
Index 369

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