- Published: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2005.
- Year Published: 2005
- Language: English
- Format: Book
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- 0691124299 (pbk.) :
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Impossible subjects : illegal aliens and the making of modern America
by Ngai, Mae M.
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Originally published: 2004.
Introduction. Illegal aliens : a problem of law and history -- pt. I. 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. II. 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. III. 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. IV: Pluralism and nationalism in post-World War II immigration reform -- 7. The liberal critique and reform of immigration policy -- Epilogue -- Appendix.
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