A nation by design : immigration policy in the fashioning of America / Aristide R. Zolberg.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zolberg, Aristide R.
Corporate Author: Russell Sage Foundation
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge, Mass. : Russell Sage Foundation ; Harvard University Press, 2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Themes and perspectives
  • From empire to republic
  • An acquisitive upstart
  • The American system
  • Tocqueville's footnote
  • Seward's other follies
  • "An intelligent and effective restriction"
  • A nation like the others
  • The ambiguities of reform
  • The elusive quest for coherence
  • Why the gates were not shut
  • Conclusion : national design in a globalizing world
  • Appendix : immigration graphs.