Not Fit for Our Society

Immigration and Nativism in America

AvPeter Schrag

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

942 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

Häftad

518 kr

Beskrivning

In a book of deep and telling ironies, Peter Schrag provides essential background for understanding the fractious debate over immigration. Covering the earliest days of the Republic to current events, Schrag sets the modern immigration controversy within the context of three centuries of debate over the same questions about who exactly is fit for citizenship. He finds that nativism has long colored our national history, and that the fear - and loathing - of newcomers has provided one of the faultlines of American cultural and political life. Schrag describes the eerie similarities between the race-based arguments for restricting Irish, German, Slav, Italian, Jewish, and Chinese immigrants in the past and the arguments for restricting Latinos and others today. He links the terrible history of eugenic 'science' to ideas, individuals, and groups now at the forefront of the fight against rational immigration policies. "Not Fit for Our Society" makes a powerful case for understanding the complex, often paradoxical history of immigration restriction as we work through the issues that inform, and often distort, the debate over who can become a citizen, who decides, and on what basis.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-05-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:590 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520259782

Utforska kategorier

Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Peter Schrag, for many years the editorial page editor and later a weekly columnist for the Sacramento Bee, currently contributes to The Nation, Harper's, The Los Angeles Times, and other publications. He is a visiting scholar at the Institute for Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of several books, including Paradise Lost and California: America's High-Stakes Experiment (both from UC Press) and Final Test: The Battle for Adequacy in America's Schools. Peter Schrag is the 2010 winner of the Carey McWilliams Award from the California Studies Association.

Recensioner i media

"A fine history of nativist movements and the reasons why their rhetoric has been so seductive at particular points in history." Publishers Weekly: Nonfiction (2) "An exquisite rendition of America's long history of immigration and anti-immigrant backlashes." San Francisco Chronicle "Astutely teases out perennial contradictions." Boston Globe "This is a remarkably compact survey ... Not Fit for Our Society is an important addition, even on a crowded bookshelf." -- Dorothee Schneider The Historian "Tells the story of xenophobia in a fresh way and reminds us of how multifaceted it has been." Contemporary Sociology "With an easy, direct writing style, the author has created a noteworthy intellectual rumination on the nature of anti-immigrant sentiment in the US." Choice "This is a very pleasant book about a very unpleasant subject." Journal Of American History "Lays out a gripping history ... Sets the scene for the new immigration battles about to be staged on Capitol Hill and across the country." -- Ray Suarez Journal Of Democracy

Innehållsförteckning

Contents Sources and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A City upon a Hill 2. "This Visible Act of Ingurgitation" 3. "Science" Makes Its Case 4. Preserving the Race 5. The Great Awhitening 6. "They Keep Coming" 7. A Border without Lines Epilogue Notes Index