Impossible subjects illegal aliens and the making of modern America /

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...

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Main Author: Ngai, Mae M.
Other Authors: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 377 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
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