Americans in waiting the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States /

Main Author: Motomura, Hiroshi, 1953-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10160631
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505 0 |a Introduction: immigrants in America -- Contract and classical immigration law -- Promises, promises -- All persons within the territorial jurisdiction -- Alienage and the ties that bind -- The most tender connections -- The lost story of Americans-in-waiting -- Transition at a crossroads -- The meaning of transition -- Race, belonging, and transition -- Taking transition seriously -- Conclusion : the idea of Americans-in-waiting -- Notes. 
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